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Workers at a glass factory in Firozabad, India, on April 21.
PHOTO: ATUL LOKE/NYTIMES
Alex Travelli and Suhasini Raj
FIROZABAD, India – Far from the war in Iran, disruptions to oil and gas flows are rippling through Uttar Pradesh, an Indian state more populous than Brazil.
Manufacturing clusters with specialised supply chains dot its crowded countryside. Each district specialises in a trade: brass in Moradabad, leather in Kanpur, carpets in Bhadohi and glass in Firozabad.
