New Delhi, March 24, 2026 (AFP) - Gas shortages push India's poor back to wood and coal

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2026-03-24

Soaring black-market prices of cooking gas in India's capital are pushing poorer families back to wood and coal, raising health risks and worsening air quality in the highly polluted megacity. India is the world's second-largest buyer of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), which is used for cooking and predominantly sourced from the Middle East -- and supplies have been strangled by the ongoing war. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged state......

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