New Delhi, March 11 -- As shortage of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) across the country intensifies due to the ongoing conflict in the West Asia, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) is bracing for a potential cooking fuel crisis that could disrupt its pre-cooked meal services on trains.

The concerns have come in the backdrop of the widening conflict in West Asia after the killing of 86-year-old Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several other leaders on February 28 by the US-Israel joint strikes, that may affect the supply of commercial LPG cylinders in the country.

According to a Times of India report, the IRCTC is mulling temporary suspension of the cooked meal services on the trains for its passen...