LPG delivery men go the extra mile to keep kitchens running

Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG, or cooking gas) cylinder delivery personnel are going the extra mile to keep kitchens running across the country. These men are the foot soldiers who ensure doorstep delivery of LPG cylinders as India enters the second half of its 40-day lockdown.

“There is a spurt in demand and so we do almost twice the number of trips in a day since the lockdown was announced,” Pradeep Kumar, an LPG delivery man at an Indane Gas agency in Noida, told BusinessLine.

“Now, though, the demand has considerably eased in my area. We keep the cylinders at the society gates or barricaded points to maintain social distancing,” he added.