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Fifty per cent of Mumbai hotels may shut operation due to shortage of LPG cylinder

Mumbai, Mar 10 (UNI) Describing the shortage of commercial LPG as “extremely serious”, the Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) and Hotel and Restaurant Association-Western India (HRAWI)--two prominent bodies of the hotel industry--said on Tuesday that in next couple of days nearly 50 per cent of hotels and restaurants in Mumbai may be forced to temporarily shut operations depending on the stock of cylinders they currently have.
“The shortage of commercial LPG has become extremely serious over the past week, with intermittent disruptions escalating into a near complete halt in supply in several regions since yesterday. Following the notification dated 05 March by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, there has been considerable confusion among suppliers and distributors, many of whom have stopped supplying commercial LPG cylinders to hotels, restaurants and food service establishments,” said Pradeep Shetty, Vice President, of FHRAI
“We are already receiving reports of severe shortages from cities including Mumbai, Pune, Aurangabad and Nagpur, while similar disruptions are being reported in Delhi, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. If the situation does not improve within the next two days, nearly 50 per cent of hotels and restaurants in Mumbai may be forced to temporarily shut operations depending on the stock of cylinders they currently have,” he said.
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