AGRA/MEERUT, March 14 -- In a crackdown on the alleged hoarding and black marketing of cooking gas, district administrations in Agra and Hapur seized 74 LPG cylinders during separate raids.

A team led by Agra district supply officer Anand Singh recovered 42 commercial cylinders from the old city area on Friday, officials in Hapur seized 32 LPG cylinders from a house in a late-night operation on Thursday.

Hapur district supply officer (DSO) Seema Balyan said the action was part of a special drive launched on the district magistrate's directions to curb illegal storage and black marketing of LPG cylinders in the district.

According to officials, around 10 pm on Thursday, authorities received information that a large number of gas cylinde...