LPG Shortage Crisis: Restaurants Face Closure, Food Supply Chain Disrupted

• Commercial LPG cylinder shortage threatens restaurants, hotels, and the entire hospitality sector with closures.
• Sundar Singaram (SIHRA) warns of widespread impact, affecting essential food services from tea stalls to five-star hotels.
• Raviraju Nagaraju (Vivaha Bhojanambu) highlights severe cylinder scarcity, forcing menu reductions and operational challenges.
• Indirect impact on agriculture, dairy farmers, and employment for cooks, delivery personnel (Swiggy, Zomato).
• Industry seeks government intervention, urging "essential service" status and prioritized LPG allocation.