Concerns over LPG shortage amid the ongoing West Asia conflict are rippling across several Indian cities, raising worry about a wider supply crunch. Even as the government has cautioned people against panic causing rumors and urged calm, irregular supplies and a rise in prices of both domestic and commercial LPG have prompted households and businesses to look for alternatives fearing the shortage would grow.. Mumbai, India. Mar 11, 2026 – Due to a shortage of commercial LPG cylinders in Mumbai, restaurants and hotels are preparing food using coal Shagadi. The ongoing conflict in West Asia continues to disrupt the supply of commercial LPG cylinders, impacting restaurants and hotels across the city. Mumbai, India. Mar 11, 2026. (Raju Shinde). In Delhi, community kitchens such as langars and Atal canteens are cutting menu options. Mess operators in student areas of Pune report irregular cylinder availability and rising costs, while in Bengaluru auto-rickshaw drivers using LPG say sudden price increases have added to their expenses.. The shortage is linked to the escalating conflict in West Asia, which has disrupted energy supply routes and LPG shipments to several importing countries, including India.. Follow here for live updates. Stop selling snacks, only tea: Delhi’s canteens. In the national capital, several canteens in schools and colleges, where food prices are expected to remain concessional for students, are already feeling the strain.. One canteen at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has begun curtailing its menu, HT reported.. Vijay Mukhiya, who runs a canteen at the School of Languages, said he will stop selling snacks from Monday and only offer tea.. Students living on campus also said the popular Ganga Dhaba may limit its menu to tea and bread omelette, discontinuing other meals.. The Delhi School of Economics (DSE) canteen has also temporarily removed, among other things, its iconic mutton dosa from the menu. Owner Souvik Gupta said, “If the situation continues, we may have to remove several more items because we cannot increase food prices in university establishments where the rates are fixed.”. Also Read | After commercial LPG supply crisis, domestic consumers in Kerala face booking issues. Taking leave from work, never-ending queues in Mumbai. In Mumbai, single-cylinder households are among the worst hit, prompting many residents to take leave from work so they can wait for a refill. Queues were seen from Kandivali in the western suburbs to Dharavi and Bhandup in the eastern suburbs, HT reported.. While housing societies and residential complexes in large parts of Mumbai receive piped natural gas (PNG), older housing societies and lower socio-economic areas remain dependent on LPG suppliers.. In a slum colony in Malwani, Malad, Humale Yadavar, 44, had booked an LPG cylinder almost a month ago. On Thursday, Yadavar waited outside the LPG dealer’s office with his daughters for almost an hour before managing to fetch one cylinde