Trucks in India are called “lorry”. They are not as big as the 16- and 24-wheelers seen in America but this is how heavy goods are transported across much of India. Everything from rice, cotton, oil, bricks, sand, etc are moved using lorries. The trucking industry is essential to many other industries in India. In 2009, a strike by several million truck drivers who were demanding lower gas prices and reduction of interstate permits completely paralyzed commercial trucking in much of India.