India, April 6 -- Amid the ongoing West Asia conflict, the LPG availability crisis has also struck college canteens and mess services in Delhi hostels and educational institutions, with many resorting to measures like restricting the menu and marginal increase in prices.

A third-year PhD student of Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), said the hostel mess has trimmed the menu and are only serving dal-rice for lunch and dinner while the breakfast has been reduced to bread and butter.

"We understand the situation is different. But the food that we are getting is not sufficient to meet our nutritional requirement. I have to go on field work as part of my research and with the summer heat, we get drained out quickly. Not having nu...