LUCKNOW, April 6 -- Tehran is nearly 3000 kilometres from Lucknow, but the West Asia war is sending ripples here as energy imports via the Strait of Hormuz encounter disruptions, causing industrial units in the state capital, particularly the Talkatora area, to feel the heat due to the supply of commercial LPG cylinders taking a hit.

Adnan Danish, an entrepreneur in the Talkatora industrial area in the state capital, is among many businessmen facing the consequences of the war.

The Talkatora industrial area l is the worst affected because it lacks a piped natural gas (PNG) pipeline.

He sits idle in his office, Alpha Engineers, in Talkatora waiting for the delivery of commercial LPG cylinders. Tonnes of iron lie scattered across the spr...