Sri Manjunath Battery Auto Electrical Works

Down on Viswaneedam Dandekar Pool Road, you’ll find us at Lokmanya Nagar 28. This isn’t a clean place, mostly because working with car batteries and old wiring is a messy job. There is grease on the floor and stacks of old batteries in the corner waiting to be picked up. We spend most of our time under hoods or squinting at fuses. The shop is right near the pool road, so we get a lot of trucks and local cars that break down nearby. It gets hot in the afternoons, especially when the sun hits the metal shutters. We usually have a radio playing somewhere in the back to keep things moving. It is just a few of us here. One guy handles the heavy lifting with the batteries, and another sorts out the wiring issues. People stop by when their lights stop working or their car won't start in the morning. We don't have a waiting room or anything like that. Usually, folks just stand out by the road or sit on a plastic chair while we take a look. Lokmanya Nagar is a busy area, so there is always someone needing something fixed. We’ve been at this spot for years. The walls are stained and the tools are old, but they work. We just do the auto electrical stuff and keep going until the sun goes down.