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.
01:06Elä¸ jours, flags were permanently defence of gas being limited by more than 80% of their dischargeachment.
01:10The dramatic detta of shop has been out of 4Class Coming up with 40% of production to be limited
01:19by more than 40%.
01:22The comparable expenses of iconic buildings were produced by more than 40% from gas, includingěpar'll going off as possible
01:29by less than 40%.
01:51For thousands of glassworkers 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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