Parveena Khatun, 45, runs a tea stall on Baba Gangnath Marg in Delhi’s Munirka. The shortage of cooking gas cylinders has affected Parveena’s income.
When supplies fell in March, she kept her stall closed for a week but without the income, survival became difficult. Then, she built a brick stove (chulha), bought coal and gathered firewood. In Delhi’s intense summer, working throughout the day on a chulha is dangerous. Temperatures around the chulha remain high, leading to thermal discomfort and heat stress, and the set-up leaves Parveena gasping for breath at the end of the day. Her hands have burn marks—she’s never worked on a chulha before.
