"If we stay here even a few more days, our children might die of hunger. They don't understand what this crisis is; we just see them crying for food, Prasad says."
"Our last gas cylinder finished 15 days ago and they haven't been able to find more. At first they managed by collecting fire wood but now we have nothing left."
"Delhi, home to millions of people from states such as Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand, is seeing a sudden reverse migration - an evacuation of some of its vast workforce back to rural areas."
"As global fuel prices surge with the supply disruptions from the US and Israel's war with Iran, daily life has been destabilised."
Raju Prasad and his family are leaving Delhi for Gorakhpur due to rising food costs and fuel shortages. They worked as ragpickers but struggled to survive in the city. With savings depleted and no gas for cooking, they decided to return to their village where they can cook on a mud stove. Delhi is experiencing reverse migration as many workers return home amid global fuel price surges and supply disruptions, destabilizing daily life in the city reliant on food from local vendors and eateries.
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