top of page

By:

Prithvi Asthana

20 August 2025 at 5:20:30 pm

No cylinders for 11 days, says popular restaurant

Mumbai: The war in West Asia has affected the commercial restaurants all over India. It has led to the shortage of the LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) supply to local restaurants in Mumbai. One such restaurant experiencing this disruption of supply is the Stadium Restaurant located at Churchgate. Owned by an Iranian, the restaurant started in 1946 a year before independence. After 80 years, the restaurant is very well-known in South Mumbai and is mostly packed throughout the day. India is...

No cylinders for 11 days, says popular restaurant

Mumbai: The war in West Asia has affected the commercial restaurants all over India. It has led to the shortage of the LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) supply to local restaurants in Mumbai. One such restaurant experiencing this disruption of supply is the Stadium Restaurant located at Churchgate. Owned by an Iranian, the restaurant started in 1946 a year before independence. After 80 years, the restaurant is very well-known in South Mumbai and is mostly packed throughout the day. India is totally dependent on West Asian countries for the LPG, PNG (Piped Natural Gas), CNG (Compressed Natural Gas), fuel, etc. Due to the shortage the government has evoked the Essential Commodities Act,1995, that allows the government to control all the supply. The government has said that their main focus is domestic gas supply which has caused disruption in the commercial gas supply. When asked to the Chief Manager of the restaurant about the crisis, he told the The Perfect Voice on the basis of anonymity that we are managing the days somehow. He mentioned that the restaurant needs two cylinders per day, totalling to 60 to 62 cylinders per month. A commercial 19 kg cylinder costs around Rs 2000 to the restaurant. “We do not have any cylinder now and it has been 10-11 days since we ordered cylinders but there is not one delivered yet,” he added. If not cylinder then what? To this question the manager replied, “We have switched to Electric Induction that has led us to reduce the items we serve.” He said that there around 100-120 items on the menu and it is now drastically reduced to serve only 20-24 items, resulting in a 20 per cent drop. When questioned about the change in number of customers, he said, “Now there amid crisis we are facing a 50 to 60 per cent drop in the customers.” The term, ‘fog of war’, where a lot of rumors are spread amid war, has now travelled to India from West Asia as the manager mentioned, “More than the gas the rumours are affecting us, and we are only focusing on what the government says.” The Chief Manager also mentioned about the Black Marketing of cylinders. He said, “The insufficient supply can maybe because of these black-marketing guys, because if new ships are coming and the gas is still less then, it might be a conspiracy by them.”

Omar welcomes Indus Water Treaty suspension, calls it “most unfair document” for J&K



SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday welcomed the Central government’s decision to suspend the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan following the deadly Pahalgam attack that claimed 26 lives. He also referred to the treaty as the “most unfair document” for the people of J&K.


“The Government of India has taken some steps. As far as Jammu and Kashmir is concerned, let’s be honest. We have never been in favour of the Indus Waters Treaty. We have always believed it to be the most unfair document to people of J&K,” Abdullah told reporters in Srinagar after meeting representatives from the tourism, trade, and industry sectors. However, he noted that the long-term impact of this move is still uncertain.


The IWT suspension is part of India’s response to the brutal attack. Other actions include expelling Pakistani military attaches and shutting down the Attari land-transit point immediately.


When questioned about the impact of the April 22 attack on the region’s tourism industry, Abdullah dismissed concerns about monetary losses. “At this juncture, we are not counting rupees or paisa. Not one of the businessmen or stakeholders in the tourism industry who attended the meeting lamented the loss of business. Not one of them expressed any concern about what would happen to them.”


“Right now, our priority is to express solidarity with the bereaved,” he said, adding, “At some point in future, we may sit down to discuss the financial implications (of the attack) on J&K’s economy. But not a single stakeholder present in the meeting raised a demand for monetary relief for the losses they are suffering.”


Omar described the tourist exodus from J&K after the massacre as “heartbreaking”. The future of the Valley’s tourism sector remains uncertain, with widespread trip cancellations following the attack.

4o

Comments

bottom of page