 Summary of this article
- LPG shortage and price rise in Mumbai are pushing low-income households and workers into a deepening food crisis.
- Street vendors, small eateries, and migrant workers are among the worst hit, with rising fuel costs and shutdowns limiting access to affordable meals.
- Policy gaps lack of—regulations for alternative fuels and uneven crisis response—are worsening the burden on the urban poor.
Mayuri Pate, 59, a domestic worker in Mumbai, doesn’t know about the ongoing war between the US and Israel on Iran, she doesn’t know about geopolitics or the global energy crisis. What she knows is that the domestic LPG cylinder price has risen from Rs 855 to Rs 905. The difference might sound like just Rs 60, but that’s the price of 1.5 kg rice for her. In this economy, Pate who earns around Rs. 5,000 a month, is hard hit by the price hike of Rs. 60. Pate booked her LPG cylinder last week and lined up in a queue for three days, going late to her workplace, yet, she didn’t get a cylinder. On March 16, she went to the LPG agency at J.P. Road in Andheri at 5 am.
Banana, Bread For Food, Salt With Diesel For Cooking: How Mumbai's Working Class Is Fighting The LPG Crisis
BY Priyanka Tupe |
