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India's LPG crisis forces migrant workers to return home

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Adil Bhat in Dehli | Richard Kujur
April 7, 2026Advertisement
In India, disruptions to shipping routes in the Middle East have triggered an LPG crisis that is forcing thousands of migrant workers to leave their cities of work. From the capital Delhi to the textile mills of Surat, migrant workers who came in search of a better life are now packing up and heading home. Not because the jobs have dried up, but because they can no longer fill a gas bottle to cook a meal.