Chandigarh: Over 2,300 fuel pumps in Haryana have stopped selling petrol and diesel to consumers as petroleum dealers on Monday went on their indefinite strike to press for various demands, including lower VAT on diesel.

As many as 2,310 fuel pumps across the state went on strike from 6 am in the morning, All Haryana Petroleum Dealers Association Senior Vice President Palwinder Singh Oberoi said today. Petroleum dealers will not buy and sell fuel as per their protest, he said.