IN PHOTOS: Cooking gas runs out in Mumbai as LPG crisis hits every corner of the city

Mumbai is at the centre of India's worsening LPG crisis as a severe shortage of cooking gas cylinders continues to affect households, hotels, restaurants and even the BMC headquarters canteen. Long queues have been reported outside gas agencies across the city, with many hotels and eateries forced to shut down or switch to alternative cooking methods (Pics/PTI)

Updated on : 12 March,2026 04:47 PM IST | Compiled by : Tarun Verma

A woman carries a domestic LPG cylinder on her head amid shortage of LPG supply, in Mumbai. Pic/PTI

Mumbai's LPG crisis deepens as households, hotels and offices struggle to get cooking gas cylinders amid a severe supply shortage

With 20 percent of Mumbai's hotels already shut and the BMC canteen switching to electric grills, the city's LPG crisis has reached a critical point

Mumbai's cooking gas crisis shows no sign of easing as gas agencies run dry, hotels close and households are left waiting days for cylinder deliveries

Residents and businesses across Mumbai are bearing the brunt of a worsening LPG shortage

A worker off-loads LPG cylinders from a carrier truck, in Navi Mumbai.

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