REFILE: Kathmandu residents queue with empty gas cylinders as impact of Iran war widens

Record ID: 2364207

  • Title: REFILE: Kathmandu residents queue with empty gas cylinders as impact of Iran war widens
  • Date: 12th March 2026
  • Summary: KATHMANDU, NEPAL (MARCH 12, 2026) (REUTERS) EMPTY GAS CYLINDERS LINED UP PEOPLE STANDING IN QUEUE ALONGSIDE EMPTY CYLINDERS WOMAN WALKING TO QUEUE PEOPLE GATHERING TO QUEUE IN FRONT OF NEPAL GAS DEPOT PERSON STANDING NEXT TO CYLINDERS EMPTY CYLINDERS OF NEPAL GAS BEING TRANSPORT IN VEHICLE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WAITING IN QUEUE (SOUNDBITE) (Nepali) CONSUMER, MISAM GHALE, SAY
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  • Keywords: Iran Israel Nepal US crisis energy gas oil security war
  • Location: KATHMANDU, NEPAL
  • City: KATHMANDU, NEPAL
  • Country: Nepal
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
  • Reuters ID: LVA001333712032026RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Kathmandu residents queued with empty liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders at a depot on Thursday (March 12) as the impact of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran widens.
    Nepali media reported that the state-owned oil monopoly Nepal Oil Company had instructed bottling plants to sell half-filled cylinders to consumers to conserve stores.
    The Middle East is a key fuel-supplying region of gas and the supply squeeze follows an effective halt to shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf as a result of the Iran war.
    (Production: Yubaraj Sharma)
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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