Kitchens across India ditch hot food due to cooking gas shortage

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By Praveen Paramasivam, Chandini Monnappa and Haripriya Suresh
March 11, 202610:47 AM EDT
Updated 4 hours ago

CHENNAI/BENGALURU, March 11 (Reuters) - In kitchens across India, hot food and drinks - even tea - are disappearing from the menu in place of ​fast food and lemon water as the Middle East conflict creates a nationwide ‌shortage of cooking gas.

Cooks are switching to simpler meals that use less fuel to make their liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) stocks last longer.
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India, the world's second biggest LPG importer, has used emergency powers ​to order refiners to lift output, yet canteens and hostels say supply remains tight, ​forcing rapid menu changes.
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https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/kitchens-across-india-ditch-hot-food-due-cooking-gas-shortage-2026-03-11/

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1. Food poisoning will surge

as hot water for sanitizing becomes scarce.