Residents protest LPG shortage outside Babarpur agency
The shortage had been simmering for weeks. On Sunday, it spilled out onto the streets of northeast Delhi’s Kardampuri, where angry residents gathered outside a local gas agency, accusing it of failing to supply cooking gas for months and pushing households into daily hardship.
The protest outside the Babarpur gas agency in the Babarpur Assembly constituency followed what locals described as two to three months of erratic LPG supply. For many families, the disruption has gone beyond inconvenience and begun to affect basic living. “We are not asking for anything extra. We just want our regular gas supply,” said Shabnam, a resident who joined the protest. “Our cylinder got over five days ago. Since then, we have been cooking on a small stove using whatever fuel we can arrange.”
Residents said repeated complaints to the agency have yielded few results. Many claimed that despite booking cylinders on time, deliveries are either delayed indefinitely or not made at all. “There is no proper response from the agency,” said Prabhat Kumar, another local resident. “When we call, either no one answers, or they simply say there is no stock. This has been going on for weeks.”
The situation, according to residents, has left several households without cooking gas for days at a stretch. Women, in particular, have been bearing the brunt, forced to find alternative ways to cook meals. “We are managing somehow with borrowed stoves or by cooking less,” said Fatima, a homemaker.
