00:00Okay, right through this week, we're going to bring you ground stories on the costs of war for India.
00:05The West Asia war has truly hit home in the last week or so.
00:10From LPG shortages to rising costs, small eateries and street vendors across India
00:16are really the ones bearing the brunt at the moment.
00:19A war thousands of kilometers away is affecting their daily lives.
00:23Today's story comes from Lucknow, where Samar Srivastava now reports.
00:28Get Real India.
00:37A war that is affecting lakhs of lives across the world.
00:41The heat from West Asia is being felt in cities across India,
00:46with restaurants the first to take the hit.
00:50The shortage of commercial LPG cylinders is forcing small shops in Uttar Pradesh to turn to other means,
00:57like charcoal and firewood.
01:01We are in the Munshi Pulia area of Lucknow, and you can clearly see that this shop has gone on
01:08to furnace.
01:08They are using coal, wood as a medium for food cooking.
01:15There is no cylinder whatsoever due to the crisis of commercial cylinders in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
01:40Street vendors claim that even when cylinders are available, they are being sold in black.
01:59This shop in Kanpur is known for its samosas.
02:02Here, they have shifted to diesel store.
02:05The first point is that there is no option.
02:09Now, if you have to do it, if you have to do it, then there is nothing else.
02:14And what you are saying is that the coal stove is more harmful for the respiratory system.
02:22But what do we do?
02:23We have to do it too.
02:24We have to do it too.
02:25Costing is coming.
02:26Costing is coming.
02:27Costing is coming.
02:30Costing is coming.
02:31Costing is coming.
02:32Costing is coming.
02:33Ordinary people are affected by a war being fought thousands of kilometres away.
02:38With no fast solutions in sight, food vendors are bracing for the long haul.
02:44With Samarth Srivastav and Simar Chawla, Bureau Report, India Today.
02:53I hope our politicians are looking at the plight of those in small eateries.
02:59Right through this week, we will bring different stories on different industries which are suffering
03:04from the costs of war.
03:06Words come easy.
03:07Action needs to follow.
03:09Think about it.
03:11That was the news today.
03:12Thanks for watching.
03:14Stay well.
03:15Stay safe.
03:16Goodnight Shubratri.
03:17Jai Hind.
03:18Namaskar.
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