Laapataa LPG: US-Israel War In Iran Paralyses Gas Supply Across The Country
Following US-Israel attacks on Iran; crisis unfurls across West Asia. As tanker movement through the Strait of Hormuz finds itself restricted, imports coming into the country, that meet nearly 60% of India’s LPG demand, have been delayed. The crisis is hitting the urban poor and lower middle class the hardest, disrupting daily meals, shutting businesses, and driving people toward expensive black-market cylinders or unsafe alternatives.
Amid severe shortage of commercial LPG cylinders, shop owners have been forced to switch to alternatives such as a charcoal chulha, to continue cooking and keep businesses running Mumbai, Maharashtra. | Photo: Dinesh Parab
Nanu Bai Sohale (62) prepares food on a traditional wood-fired stove as her daughter Vanita Panchal (42) helps. Many families are turning to traditional cooking methods such as the wood-fired stove amid the ongoing shortage. | Photo: Dinesh Parab
People carry LPG cooking gas cylinders, amid a shortage linked to the ongoing West Asia conflict affecting the global energy supply chain, in Prayagraj. | Photo: PTI
People wait with empty LPG cooking gas cylinders to avail refilled ones, in Prayagraj. | Photo: PTI
Auto rickshaw drivers waiting for refueling LPG at a pump in Hooghly District | Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee
Amid LPG cylinder shortage, people resort to cooking using traditional methods such as the traditional wood fired 'chulha' | Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari
Amid LPG cylinder shortage, people resort to cooking using traditional methods | Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari
People queue up for LPG cylinder at an Indian Oil gas supply agency in New Delhi's Kalkaji area | Photo: Tribhuvan Tiwari
Residents of Badhkal, rural Faridabad, line up and wait at a distribution agency for LPG cylinders | Photo: Vikram Sharma
Residents of Badhkal, rural Faridabad, line up and wait at a distribution agency for LPG cylinders | Photo: Vikram Sharma
Auto rickshaws waiting for refueling LPG at pump in Hooghly | Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee
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