Key facts
- Diesel expenses are cutting into already precarious incomes for Mumbai's fishing communities, the report said.
- Rising fuel and operating costs are forcing people off boats to work as security guards, the report said.
- Asia's crude oil imports have returned close to pre-war levels, the report said.
- India's crude oil purchases have recovered after months of disruption, the report said.
Fishing communities in Mumbai are grappling with rising fuel and operating costs, with diesel expenses eating into already precarious incomes, according to a report published November 9, 2026. The report said rising costs and a lack of options were forcing people off boats to take work as security guards.
The report said the squeeze comes even as Asia's crude oil imports have returned close to pre-war levels, and India's crude oil purchases have recovered after months of disruption. It gave no diesel price figures for the Mumbai boats and did not name the war it referred to.