Labourers unload sacks of coal from a truck at a coal godown in Ahmedabad on March 27, 2026 amid ongoing oil and gas import disruptions caused by the Middle East war. India is the world's second-largest buyer of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), which is used for cooking and predominantly sourced from the Middle Eastand supplies have been strangled by the ongoing war. Soaring black-market prices for cooking gas are forcing poorer families back to wood and coal, heightening health risks and further degrading air quality. (Photo by Shammi MEHRA / AFP via Getty Images)