00:02Famed as India's glass city, with a four-century tradition of glass making, Ferozabad's furnaces are now burning low, putting
00:10thousands of day laborers out of work in what would normally be peak season.
00:15The industry has been crippled by the war in the Middle East because of its intense energy needs.
00:20With the war extending into a second month, Ferozabad may be a harbinger of what is to come throughout Indian
00:27manufacturing, from textiles to high tech.
00:31Just a short drive east of the Taj Mahal, Ferozabad's glass making furnaces sit mostly apart from the colorful marketplaces
00:38where tourists haggle over the city's hallmark glass bangles.
00:42Many smaller glass artisans had shuttered shop as they waited for gas to become available and affordable.
00:49Mukesh Kumar Bansal, a Ferozabad manufacturer supplying retailers in the US and Europe, said output had dived by more than
00:57a third at his factory.
00:59Mukesh Kumar, a 40 percent of gas gets cut out here.
01:06Mukesh Kumar, a 40 percent of production is less than 40 percent.
01:11Mukesh Kumar, a 40 percent of production gets reduced by its time.
01:15Mukesh Kumar, a 40 percent of the production is less than 40 percent.
01:23foreign
01:26foreign
01:28foreign
01:28foreign
01:28Glass.
01:29Handicraft.
01:30It is a coffee unit.
01:31It is also exported from it.
01:33It is also affected many years.
01:35Before, it was affected by the American policy and duty for 4 months.
01:39When it was understood, it was a crisis.
01:43It has not been made.
01:44It has been increased.
01:46The dollar rate is rising.
01:49It is not bad.
01:52For thousands of glass workers in this historic city, the crisis has become a daily struggle
01:57between keeping their furnaces burning and putting food on the table.
02:00The gas shortages show how a distant war can quickly shatter an industry that has flourished for centuries.
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