00:00Okay, let's turn though to the ground reality because politicians will take sides in a partisan debate.
00:06But what is the reality? The government continues to say there is no LPG shortage.
00:11The ground reality is, well, take a look.
00:16India Today's reporters conducted a comprehensive reality check,
00:20visiting multiple fuel stations, distribution points to assess the availability firsthand.
00:25Here's their on-the-ground report.
00:46A day after images of panic buying of fuel flooded social media from several cities across India,
00:53India Today reporters hit the ground for a reality check.
00:59In Kolkata, petrol and diesel availability were found to be normal.
01:03But auto rickshaws running on LPG are facing problems.
01:35Hyderabad, early in the week, saw long killings.
01:37He was driving on LPG's at some petrol pumps.
01:39But on Friday, the queues were gone.
02:05In the national capital, some gas agencies like this one in Jahangirpuri
02:10saw long lines to book LPG.
02:44I am reporting from one of the petrol pumps here and there is a notice that says that
02:50petrol sales in containers is banned.
02:53And this is officially given out by the government of Tamil Nadu to all the petrol pumps to make
02:58sure that there is really no panic buying.
03:00I am coming to you from a fuel station or a petrol bunk here in middle of Bengaluru where
03:05there is no panic buying as such.
03:06People are not queuing up like other cities and there is ample amount of fuel stock is
03:12what people are saying.
03:14Barring panic at some locations, petrol pumps are running normally for now.
03:18With Anirban Sinha, Abdul Bashir, Anaga Keshav, Nagarjun Dwarakhanath and Shushan Mehra, Bureau
03:26Report, India Today.
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