A heartbreaking viral clip is currently sweeping across social media feeds: a migrant worker at Surat’s Udhna Railway Station tearfully declaring, "Ab nahi aaunga" (I won’t come back).

But what is driving thousands of workers to abandon the city all at once?

While officials are labeling the chaos at railway stations as a typical "seasonal rush," the ground reality tells a much darker story.

At the heart of this exodus is the ongoing LPG shortage and industrial slowdown.

With cooking gas prices skyrocketing and factories in Surat cutting back on work hours due to the energy crisis, thousands of laborers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar find themselves unable to survive in the city.