Hyderabad advocate moves NHRC over AP fuel shortage, alleges rights violation

Hyderabad advocate moves NHRC over AP fuel shortage, alleges rights violation

Hyderabad: A Hyderabad-based advocate has moved the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) against the Andhra Pradesh government over a severe petrol and diesel shortage that shut hundreds of fuel stations across the state last weekend, contending that the crisis violated citizens’ fundamental rights. Advocate Yennam Balachander Reddy filed the complaint on April 27, a day after the crisis peaked. The NHRC has registered the plea. The complaint…