LPG Crisis Grips Purulia: Stoves Empty, Hotels Struggle Amid Fuel Shortage

• A severe LPG crisis has hit Purulia district, leaving consumers unable to cook and relying on outside food.
• Long queues are forming at distribution centers as gas bookings remain unfulfilled for weeks, causing extreme difficulty.
• Hotel owners, including Lalmohan Mahato, are forced to use coal and fear business closure due to the fuel scarcity.
• Consumer Sujata Roy highlights the impossibility of cooking without gas despite repeated booking attempts.
• Dealer Soumen Dutta confirms only 40% supply, commercial gas stopped, and domestic gas limited to digital bookings, creating panic.