[citation needed] By mid-November, the interim government planned an "air bridge" to transport goods and bypass the road blockades and ditches dug by protesters.
[2][3] Food was rationed in the country, with roadblocks by pro-Morales protesters disrupting supply chains causing people to have to queue for hours at shops.
[1] Independent stall owners were closing because of lack of goods, with shops rapidly increasing the prices of their stock.
[2] On roads into the city of Santa Cruz, supply trucks that were unable to access had been left with produce rotting.
[4] The state-run Senkata gas plant in El Alto, which serves this city and the capital of La Paz, was blockaded by protestors demanding the return of Evo Morales to power.