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India's LPG crisis forces migrant workers to return home

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April 7, 2026

India's dependence on LPG supplies from the Persian Gulf has created a crisis that is hitting the country's most vulnerable workers hardest. As cooking gas becomes scarce, migrant workers are abandoning their jobs in India's cities and heading home.

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.

Adil Bhat India correspondent with a special focus on politics, conflict and human-interest stories.
Richard Kujur Documentary filmmaker/journalist based in India
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