Lower thirds:

00:04 Report by / Adil Bhat & Sharique Ahmad
00:21 Afar Alam / Auto rickshaw driver
00:53 Afar Alam / Auto rickshaw driver
01:11 Hitkar Sharma / Customer 
01:41 Adil Bhat / DW Correspondent
02:12 Aslam Qureshi / Restaurant owner | New Delhi

Script:

00:01-00:03 
+++ATMO+++ 
"I've been trying to get a gas cylinder for 8 days."

00:03-00:20 
Scenes of chaos are erupting in parts of New Delhi.
A war being fought thousands of kilometres away in the Middle East is now being felt inside Indian homes.
Cooking gas supplies are running short, triggering long queues and growing frustration at depots across the city.

00:21-00:31
+++SOT Afar Alam, Auto rickshaw driver (Hindi)+++
"I haven’t eaten properly at home for days. We are buying bread from shops just to survive. This morning I only drank water. My health is getting worse. I feel very stressed."

00:31- 00:49 
For days Afar Alam and his family have been trying to buy a new cooking gas cylinder.
This is the third day he has come to this depot.
But after hours of waiting, Afar Alam still hasn’t managed to get one.
Like many daily-wage earners here, cooking gas is a lifeline.

00:49- 00:59
+++SOT Afar Alam, Auto rickshaw driver (Hindi)+++ 
“The sales man keep telling us there are no cylinders left. But we have seen trucks bringing cylinders here. We keep asking them , where have they gone?”

00:59-1:09
And there are already suspicions that some retailers are misusing the situation – setting cylinders aside and selling them at a higher  price on the black  market.	

1:10-1:22
+++SOT Hitkar Sharma, Customer (Hindi)+++
"This cylinder originally cost around 8 euros and the government has increased its price by 7 percent due to shortages. But  the same cylinders are now being sold at higher prices for at least 3 times more than the original price in the black market."

1:23-1:39 
India is the world’s second-largest importer of liquefied petroleum gas.
Around sixty percent of the country’s supply is imported and mostly shipped through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow Gulf chokepoint where commercial shipping has been severely disrupted by the war.

1:40-1:55
+++PTC, Adil Bhat, DW Correspondent+++
"India has prioritised supplying liquefied petroleum gas, widely used as cooking fuel, in households. But that decision is now creating a sharp supply crunch for restaurants and hotels. The government says the aim is to shield ordinary people from the impact of the war in the Middle East."

1:57- 2:10 
This small restaurant in the heart of Delhi is down to its last cylinder of cooking gas.
Owner Aslam Qureshi says they have not received new supplies for days.
And they have no idea when the next delivery will arrive.

2:11- 2:30
+++SOT Aslam Qureshi, Restaurant owner, New Delhi (Hindi)+++
"In this market, most of the restaurants have (shut down and some restaurants have shifted  to burning wood to cook their food. If they won’t give cooking gas to restaurants, it will not only hurt restaurant owners it will also impact many migrant workers here who will lose their jobs."

2:31- 2:53 
Qureshi says he is considering electric induction stoves as an alternative. 
But they are expensive and not ideal for his restaurant.
Restaurants and hotels across India are now facing similar shortages and many have been forced to  shut down.

Afar Alam's search for a gas cylinder continues.
After another unsuccessful attempt here, he heads to the next depot hoping his luck might change. He still doesn't know how his family will cook its next meal.

END