Come May 14, fuel stations will close every Sunday. Pic for Representation

Last-minute decisions to go on long drives on Sunday may become a thing of the past. From May 14, at least 23,000 petrol pumps, including those in Mumbai, all under the aegis of the Consortium of Indian Petroleum Dealers (CIPD), will run dry. Fuel stations across eight states, including Maharashtra, will put their shutters down in an effort to conserve oil. "It is a decision that will be good for the environment too," says Mumbai's Ravi Shinde, president of the Petrol Dealers Association.