We have increased the bandwidth and hope the system will be restored soon.”Uniformed staff delivering LPG cylinders to doorsteps in vans were allegedly attacked, and cylinders snatched in some cases. Industry sources said Bengal has a combined customer base of around 2.75 crore domestic LPG consumers. “This is a classic case of panic buying,” said Bijan Behari Biswas, spokesperson for the Indane LPG Distributors’ Association in Bengal. Ramkrishna Chakraborty, secretary of the Indane LPG Distributors’ Association, also blamed panic among consumers. Attacks on LPG cylinder delivery personnel were reported from Karaya in south Calcutta, and Dum Dum and Madhyamgram in the north.

Source: The Telegraph March 12, 2026 00:14 UTC