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An employee checks empty LPG cylinders inside Vidyarthi Bhavan restaurant, as restaurants and hotels in southern India, including the IT hub of Bengaluru, have warned of shutdowns amid disruptions in commercial LPG supply, following the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Bengaluru, India, March 10, 2026. Photo: Reuters
Gas suspension from 9pm to 2am has become routine across city and cantonment areas, prompting strong protests from citizens, tandoor owners, shopkeepers, bakers and hotel management.
The outages have badly affected tandoor businesses across the city, while preparation of food and bread in hotels has become difficult, and the use of commercial gas cylinders has also become extremely expensive.
In areas including Dhoke Elahi Bakhsh, Arya Mohalla, Dhoke Khabba, Sadiqabad, Dhoke Kala Khan, New Katarian, Khayaban-i-Sir Syed, Pirwadhai, Fauji Colony, Dhoke Ratta, Mohanpura, Gawalmandi, Ganjmandi, Dhoke Chiragh Din, Gulistan Colony, Tench Bhatta and Ghaziabad, citizens are facing severe gas shortages and are in distress.
Residents Kamil Hassan, Fawad Khan, Nadeem Sheikh and Public Welfare Society patron-in-chief Chaudhry Yasin said gas outages in the morning and evening have made cooking and boiling milk difficult at homes, as gas supply is cut during meal preparation.
They said domestic LPG cylinders are now available at Rs500 per kg and last only two to three days, while commercial cylinders used in tandoors and hotels have increased from Rs13,000 to Rs22,500.
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