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Gas shortages push India's poor back to wood and coal
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged states to curb black marketing and avoid panic, stressing that India's energy supplies remain stable.
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AFP - Tue, 24, Mar 2026
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Empty Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders are seen at a gas distribution centre in Dujana village, India, October 7, 2015. / REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee/File Photo
Soaring black-market prices of cooking gas in India's capital are pushing poorer families back to wood and coal, raising health risks and worsening air quality in the highly polluted megacity.
India is the world's second-largest buyer of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), which is used for cooking and predominantly sourced from the Middle East—and supplies have been strangled by the ongoing war.
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