The war in West Asia has posed major challenges for the Morbi and Thangadh clusters in Gujarat, the world’s second-largest ceramics hub, which produces 90% of the world’s ceramics. While Morbi is known as the ceramic capital of India, Thangadh exports ceramic sanitary ware and tiles to a host of developing countries.
However, the current situation in both these clusters remains grim. Since the beginning of the West Asia war, involving the US, Israel and Iran, on February 28, the situation has been dire for these clusters, which are struggling to make ends meet, while clinging to hope for the future.
