India, March 12 -- Recent restrictions on the supply of LPG cylinders to charitable and commercial organisations on account of the ongoing US-Iran war may create serious disruptions in the provision of mid-day meals to nearly 540,000 students across schools in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has warned the state school education department.

In a letter dated March 10 addressed to the primary director of the state school education department, the BMC's deputy education officer in charge of the mid-day meal programme said that women's self-help groups that run central kitchens in the city for mid-day would find it extremely difficult to cook meals without LPG cylinders.

"At present, around 5.40 lakh students studyin...