As LPG shortage continues and the summer tourist season is about to pick up in Himachal Pradesh, hotels, restaurants and dhabas have started switching over to costlier cooking alternatives – coal, firewood and diesel. According to hotel and restaurant associations from Manali, Shimla and Kangra districts, the majority of the food and hospitality establishments have been forced to adopt new methods of cooking as commercial supply has been badly hit in the last one month.As LPG shortage continues and the summer tourist season is about to pick up in Himachal Pradesh, hotels, restaurants and dhabas have started switching over to costlier cooking alternatives – coal, firewood and diesel. According to hotel and restaurant associations from Manali, Shimla and Kangra districts, the majority of the food and hospitality establishments have been forced to adopt new methods of cooking as commercial supply has been badly hit in the last one month.



