Hotel Industry Will Bear The Brunt Of LPG Crisis Triggered By War In West Asia
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[*]LPG supply disruptions across the hill states have hit families, students, vendors, dhaba owners and hotels, with many turning to electric burners, induction stoves or firewood to cook.
[*]In Uttarakhand towns such as Nainital and Kathgodam, angry residents gathered at gas agencies in protests demanding a timeline for deliveries.
[*]With commercial LPG scarce, restaurants reduced menu items, ashrams shut kitchens and workers struggled to find food, while many rural households returned to traditional mud stoves and forest wood.
For Ridhima, a young girl from Chopal, the war in West Asia had never been a matter of concern. As she moved to the state capital, Shimla, to pursue her nursing training, global conflicts felt distant. Even when the LPG cylinder in her rented room at Sanjauli ran out +early this month, it did not alarm her. She requested a refill. But as the week went by, the delivery never arrived. A much larger cooking crisis was unfolding, one she had never imagined in her village, where traditional kitchens remain a part of everyday life. Ravi, 25, who hails from Chamba and earns his living in Shimla with his family, was compelled to borrow an induction cooker from a relative to partially resume cooking after the LPG agency stopped bookings.
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