LPG Supply Shortage: Will mobile network disappear due to gas shortage? Gas supply to tower companies stopped from March 5

• Large drop in LPG and LNG supplies due to Iran-Israel conflict
• Govt directs petroleum companies to prioritize domestic customers only
• Fear of disruption of mobile and internet services

LPG Supply Shortage: The ongoing war in West Asia has affected global LPG supply. India is no exception to this. Qatar supplies most of the gas to India, but this Gulf country has also now stopped supplies. This has created a gas crisis in the country. Non-availability of commercial gas cylinders is causing a huge loss to the restaurant industry. Domestic cylinders are also facing problems. In all this, information has come out that another industry sector may be hit in the background of LPG shortage.

The impact of the Iran-Israel conflict is not limited to cooking gas, but has also started to affect infrastructure development in the telecom sector. Disruption in LPG and LNG supply is likely to have a negative impact on telecom tower production and plans to install new towers.

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Shortage of LPG supply in the country may affect mobile and internet services. This is being said by telecom tower manufacturing companies. According to the Digital Infrastructure Providers Association (DIPA), a digital infrastructure industry body, petroleum companies have stopped supplying LPG to telecom tower manufacturers following a government order. Mobile and Internet services are likely to be affected due to the current geopolitical situation and fuel crisis. The government has directed the public sector petroleum companies to give preference to supplying LPG to domestic consumers only.

Why Telecom Towers Need LPG?

The telecom tower manufacturing process involves galvanization, which requires LPG or gas-based fuel. Due to this, telecom tower manufacturing companies require continuous supply of LPG and now this has stopped, tower manufacturing units are facing problems. If this situation continues for a long time, tower production may be disrupted, which may affect mobile and internet services.

LPG supply to telecom tower manufacturing companies stopped from March 5, 2026

The association (DIPA) has demanded immediate intervention of Telecom Secretary Amit Agarwal in this matter. According to the association, supply of LPG from oil marketing companies to telecom tower manufacturing companies has been stopped from March 5, 2026. This has created serious operational problems for tower manufacturing units. DIPA warned that if this situation continues for a long time, the plants may have to stop production altogether. Restarting such plants takes a long time, which can affect tower production for a long time.

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These companies will be directly affected by:

Members of the Digital Infrastructure Providers Association (DIPA) are likely to be hit hard. These mainly include the following companies:

Indus Towers

Vodafone Idea

Ascend Telecom Infrastructure

Gentry India

Implications for supply chain and network expansion:

LPG is used for important processes and fuel in tower production. If the supply is disrupted, the process of building new mobile towers will be hampered. Plans to install new towers in remote or areas with low network capacity may be delayed, causing customers to experience connectivity issues.

What is Galvanization?

Galvanization is a very important process in mobile tower manufacturing.

It is a chemical process in which iron or steel is given a protective layer of zinc.

This prevents direct contact of the iron with moisture and oxygen and protects the tower from corrosion.

This process is mandatory to extend the life of mobile towers living in open air and rain water, which require large amount of energy (fuel/gas).