Hostel owners urged to implement alternate cooking methods

Hyderabad hostels, facing a gas cylinder shortage due to the US-Israel-Iran conflict, have curtailed tea, coffee, and time-intensive meals like roti, dosa, and puri. Basic meals continue, while self-cooking and high oil-consumption foods are temporarily suspended

Hyderabad: From temporarily halting the serving of tea and coffee to avoiding preparation of roti, dosa and puri, the hostels in the city have come up with a contingency plan to tide over the gas cylinder shortage due to ongoing US-Israel-Iran war.

To reduce gas consumption and manage the situation effectively, the IT Corridor Hostel Association has urged hostels to temporarily stop serving tea and coffee besides avoiding roti, dosa puri and other-food varieties that consume a lot of time for preparation.

It also suggested avoiding high oil-consumption breakfast items such as Vada and Mysore Bonda.

Further, depending on the situation and availability of the gas, the association urged the hostels to stop serving some curries and extra food items temporarily.

“Food items like rice and other basic meals will be served until the gas shortage situation improves,” it said, adding that self-cooking facilities will be temporarily stopped.

“We request the hostel owners to implement alternate cooking methods and inform guests about the situation,” it added.