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#13441538

13 Mar 2026

Nepali consumers carry half-filled gas cylinders from the Nepal Oil Corporation depot in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 13, 2026, due to a shortage of cooking gas caused by the ongoing war between Israel and Iran. The state monopoly, Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), starts rationing Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) or cooking gas to manage the demand surge as the war in East Asia enters its second week, halting the supply. Following orders from NOC, bottling plants start selling half-filled cylinders to customers, forcing people to stand in long lines for hours. According to the new provision, applicable to both household and hotel and restaurant users, a 7.1-kilogram cylinder, half the usual size, is being distributed. The state monopoly claims that the move aims to conserve energy even though imports have not been affected. A 7.1-kg cylinder of cooking gas costs NRs 955. The decision by the Nepal Oil Corporation comes after an interval of 5 years. NOC adopted similar measures during previous crises in 2015 and 2020 when the country suffered acute shortages of cooking gas. The fuel monopoly says supplies from India remain normal, but panic buying is increasing in the Kathmandu Valley. Queues at cooking gas depots grow after local groceries are unable to supply the fuel across the valley, following rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, a key fuel-supplying region for global markets.

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#13441539

13 Mar 2026

Nepali consumers carry half-filled gas cylinders from the Nepal Oil Corporation depot in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 13, 2026, due to a shortage of cooking gas caused by the ongoing war between Israel and Iran. The state monopoly, Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), starts rationing Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) or cooking gas to manage the demand surge as the war in East Asia enters its second week, halting the supply. Following orders from NOC, bottling plants start selling half-filled cylinders to customers, forcing people to stand in long lines for hours. According to the new provision, applicable to both household and hotel and restaurant users, a 7.1-kilogram cylinder, half the usual size, is being distributed. The state monopoly claims that the move aims to conserve energy even though imports have not been affected. A 7.1-kg cylinder of cooking gas costs NRs 955. The decision by the Nepal Oil Corporation comes after an interval of 5 years. NOC adopted similar measures during previous crises in 2015 and 2020 when the country suffered acute shortages of cooking gas. The fuel monopoly says supplies from India remain normal, but panic buying is increasing in the Kathmandu Valley. Queues at cooking gas depots grow after local groceries are unable to supply the fuel across the valley, following rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, a key fuel-supplying region for global markets.

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#13441540

13 Mar 2026

Nepali consumers carry half-filled gas cylinders from the Nepal Oil Corporation depot in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 13, 2026, due to a shortage of cooking gas caused by the ongoing war between Israel and Iran. The state monopoly, Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), starts rationing Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) or cooking gas to manage the demand surge as the war in East Asia enters its second week, halting the supply. Following orders from NOC, bottling plants start selling half-filled cylinders to customers, forcing people to stand in long lines for hours. According to the new provision, applicable to both household and hotel and restaurant users, a 7.1-kilogram cylinder, half the usual size, is being distributed. The state monopoly claims that the move aims to conserve energy even though imports have not been affected. A 7.1-kg cylinder of cooking gas costs NRs 955. The decision by the Nepal Oil Corporation comes after an interval of 5 years. NOC adopted similar measures during previous crises in 2015 and 2020 when the country suffered acute shortages of cooking gas. The fuel monopoly says supplies from India remain normal, but panic buying is increasing in the Kathmandu Valley. Queues at cooking gas depots grow after local groceries are unable to supply the fuel across the valley, following rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, a key fuel-supplying region for global markets.

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#13441541

13 Mar 2026

Nepali consumers carry half-filled gas cylinders from the Nepal Oil Corporation depot in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 13, 2026, due to a shortage of cooking gas caused by the ongoing war between Israel and Iran. The state monopoly, Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), starts rationing Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) or cooking gas to manage the demand surge as the war in East Asia enters its second week, halting the supply. Following orders from NOC, bottling plants start selling half-filled cylinders to customers, forcing people to stand in long lines for hours. According to the new provision, applicable to both household and hotel and restaurant users, a 7.1-kilogram cylinder, half the usual size, is being distributed. The state monopoly claims that the move aims to conserve energy even though imports have not been affected. A 7.1-kg cylinder of cooking gas costs NRs 955. The decision by the Nepal Oil Corporation comes after an interval of 5 years. NOC adopted similar measures during previous crises in 2015 and 2020 when the country suffered acute shortages of cooking gas. The fuel monopoly says supplies from India remain normal, but panic buying is increasing in the Kathmandu Valley. Queues at cooking gas depots grow after local groceries are unable to supply the fuel across the valley, following rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, a key fuel-supplying region for global markets.

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#13441542

13 Mar 2026

Nepali consumers carry half-filled gas cylinders from the Nepal Oil Corporation depot in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 13, 2026, due to a shortage of cooking gas caused by the ongoing war between Israel and Iran. The state monopoly, Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), starts rationing Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) or cooking gas to manage the demand surge as the war in East Asia enters its second week, halting the supply. Following orders from NOC, bottling plants start selling half-filled cylinders to customers, forcing people to stand in long lines for hours. According to the new provision, applicable to both household and hotel and restaurant users, a 7.1-kilogram cylinder, half the usual size, is being distributed. The state monopoly claims that the move aims to conserve energy even though imports have not been affected. A 7.1-kg cylinder of cooking gas costs NRs 955. The decision by the Nepal Oil Corporation comes after an interval of 5 years. NOC adopted similar measures during previous crises in 2015 and 2020 when the country suffered acute shortages of cooking gas. The fuel monopoly says supplies from India remain normal, but panic buying is increasing in the Kathmandu Valley. Queues at cooking gas depots grow after local groceries are unable to supply the fuel across the valley, following rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, a key fuel-supplying region for global markets.

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#13441547

13 Mar 2026

Nepali consumers carry half-filled gas cylinders from the Nepal Oil Corporation depot in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 13, 2026, due to a shortage of cooking gas caused by the ongoing war between Israel and Iran. The state monopoly, Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC), starts rationing Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) or cooking gas to manage the demand surge as the war in East Asia enters its second week, halting the supply. Following orders from NOC, bottling plants start selling half-filled cylinders to customers, forcing people to stand in long lines for hours. According to the new provision, applicable to both household and hotel and restaurant users, a 7.1-kilogram cylinder, half the usual size, is being distributed. The state monopoly claims that the move aims to conserve energy even though imports have not been affected. A 7.1-kg cylinder of cooking gas costs NRs 955. The decision by the Nepal Oil Corporation comes after an interval of 5 years. NOC adopted similar measures during previous crises in 2015 and 2020 when the country suffered acute shortages of cooking gas. The fuel monopoly says supplies from India remain normal, but panic buying is increasing in the Kathmandu Valley. Queues at cooking gas depots grow after local groceries are unable to supply the fuel across the valley, following rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, a key fuel-supplying region for global markets.

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#13441786

13 Mar 2026

People wait in a queue with their empty LPG cylinders outside a gas agency amid supply disruptions following the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Magam, north of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on March 13, 2026. India asks liquefied petroleum gas consumers to avoid panic buying of LPG cylinders and shift to piped natural gas where possible, oil ministry official Sujata Sharma says on Friday. India's crude oil, LPG, and liquefied natural gas supplies are disrupted due to global shipping constraints after the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran halts traffic through the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.

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#13441797

13 Mar 2026

People wait in a queue with their empty LPG cylinders outside a gas agency amid supply disruptions following the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Magam, north of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on March 13, 2026. India asks liquefied petroleum gas consumers to avoid panic buying of LPG cylinders and shift to piped natural gas where possible, oil ministry official Sujata Sharma says on Friday. India's crude oil, LPG, and liquefied natural gas supplies are disrupted due to global shipping constraints after the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran halts traffic through the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.

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#13441804

13 Mar 2026

People wait in a queue with their empty LPG cylinders outside a gas agency amid supply disruptions following the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Magam, north of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on March 13, 2026. India asks liquefied petroleum gas consumers to avoid panic buying of LPG cylinders and shift to piped natural gas where possible, oil ministry official Sujata Sharma says on Friday. India's crude oil, LPG, and liquefied natural gas supplies are disrupted due to global shipping constraints after the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran halts traffic through the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.

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#13441806

13 Mar 2026

Kashmiri men wait in a queue with their empty LPG cylinders outside a gas agency amid supply disruptions following the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Magam, north of Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on March 13, 2026. India asks liquefied petroleum gas consumers to avoid panic buying of LPG cylinders and shift to piped natural gas where possible, oil ministry official Sujata Sharma says on Friday. India's crude oil, LPG, and liquefied natural gas supplies are disrupted due to global shipping constraints after the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran halts traffic through the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.

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#13440031

13 Mar 2026

People stand in a long queue to collect LPG cylinders after information about availability spreads in Nagaon District of Assam, India, on March 13, 2026. Long queues outside gas agencies and panic bookings are reported in many cities. The situation is triggered by disruptions in global energy supply linked to the escalating West Asia conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States, which raises concerns about shipments passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical energy route for India's LPG imports.

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#13440032

13 Mar 2026

People stand in a long queue to collect LPG cylinders after information about availability spreads in Nagaon District of Assam, India, on March 13, 2026. Long queues outside gas agencies and panic bookings are reported in many cities. The situation is triggered by disruptions in global energy supply linked to the escalating West Asia conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States, which raises concerns about shipments passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical energy route for India's LPG imports.

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#13440034

13 Mar 2026

People stand in a long queue to collect LPG cylinders after information about availability spreads in Nagaon District of Assam, India, on March 13, 2026. Long queues outside gas agencies and panic bookings are reported in many cities. The situation is triggered by disruptions in global energy supply linked to the escalating West Asia conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States, which raises concerns about shipments passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical energy route for India's LPG imports.

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#13440035

13 Mar 2026

People stand in a long queue to collect LPG cylinders after information about availability spreads in Nagaon District of Assam, India, on March 13, 2026. Long queues outside gas agencies and panic bookings are reported in many cities. The situation is triggered by disruptions in global energy supply linked to the escalating West Asia conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States, which raises concerns about shipments passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical energy route for India's LPG imports.

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#13440036

13 Mar 2026

People stand in a long queue to collect LPG cylinders after information about availability spreads in Nagaon District of Assam, India, on March 13, 2026. Long queues outside gas agencies and panic bookings are reported in many cities. The situation is triggered by disruptions in global energy supply linked to the escalating West Asia conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States, which raises concerns about shipments passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical energy route for India's LPG imports.

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#13440039

13 Mar 2026

People stand in a long queue to collect LPG cylinders after information about availability spreads in Nagaon District of Assam, India, on March 13, 2026. Long queues outside gas agencies and panic bookings are reported in many cities. The situation is triggered by disruptions in global energy supply linked to the escalating West Asia conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States, which raises concerns about shipments passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical energy route for India's LPG imports.

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