Dasari Sai Kumari, fondly known as Kumari Aunty, serving plates of steaming home-cooked food at the bustling ITC Kohinoor junction in Hyderabad’s IT corridor.
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The bustling food streets that cater to thousands of IT employees in Cyberabad fell unusually silent on Friday morning as the deepening shortage of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) forced several popular roadside eateries to halt operations across Madhapur and Gachibowli.
Stalls along the ITC Kohenur stretch in Madhapur and parts of the busy DLF Road, normally packed with office-goers grabbing quick breakfasts, late-night meals and cups of tea, were either shut or operating with severely limited menus after vendors ran out of LPG cylinders. The disruption has hit a vibrant network of small food stalls that serve everything from fusion dosas and Maggi varieties to rice meals, curries and Indo-Chinese dishes, forming a crucial part of the area’s late-night food culture.
Published – March 13, 2026 08:27 pm IST
