Project Engineer

Living and working in Nagathan, which is a bit of a distance from the main Bijapur town, gives you a different perspective on things. My name is Mallikarjun and I run Project Engineer from my place here at Nagathan Post. It is a dry area, so the heat can be something else in the summer months. We don't have a big office with air conditioning or anything like that. It is just a practical workspace where I sit and go through technical drawings and cost estimates. Most of my work involves going out to different parts of the taluka to check on projects and meet with owners. I spend a lot of time on my bike or in the old jeep. The roads are dusty and sometimes the work is slow because of materials not arriving on time, but we keep at it. It is not like the big engineering firms you see in Bangalore. Here, you have to know the local people and how to get things done with what you have. I have lived in this area all my life, so I know the land and the weather pretty well. Sometimes I am at the desk until late at night trying to finish up some reports. It is hard work but it is what I know. We do not use big words or make fancy promises. We just try to finish the job that was started and move on to the next site that needs looking after.