Description : A woman uses a pressure cooker on a gas stove burner to quickly cook rice amid the crisis in Tehatta. West Bengal faces a significant LPG crisis, similar to other Indian states, affecting middle-class households due to surging demand, supply chain disruptions, and panic buying. The crisis is largely caused by import disruptions from West Asia, particularly due to conflicts impacting key shipping routes like the Strait of Hormuz. With 60-67% of India's LPG imported from this region, shortages emerge, disrupting restaurants, hotels, and small businesses. There are long queues at agencies, rising black-market prices, and calls for rationing, with the state government protesting against the central government. West Bengal, India.