Mohammadpur biryani stores run empty

Many local residents in Mohammadpur were seen returning home empty handed from biryani shops following the on-going gas cut off due to a supply line maintenance today.

This disruption in the gas supply almost crippled Dhaka and some surrounding areas since this morning.

Owing to lack of gas supply, people could not cook their meals at home and opted to buy lunch from biryani restaurants in Mohammadpur, of which the area is particularly famous for, our staff correspondent reports from the spot.

But restaurants like Jannat Biriyani House, Shaokat Biriyani House and Hazi Biriyani could not fulfill all their customer’s demands. The shopkeepers were seen asking customers to come back later as they were out of food by 2:00pm, our correspondent reports from the spot.

In Lalmatia’s Shad Tehari Ghar, around a hundred customers were seen pushing and jostling around to try and collect food before the others, says one of our reporters.

But the restaurant would not be able to comply with everyone’s demands as food was already running out by 3:00pm.