Universal Battery Works

Lalbagh Road is always packed with vehicles, and our shop at 218 is right in the thick of all that chaos. You can usually tell where we are located because of the stacks of black battery casings sitting outside on the pavement. We handle all sorts of battery works here. It is messy and heavy work, to be honest with you. There is always that faint, sharp smell of acid and old lead hanging in the air. Most of my work clothes have little holes in them from working around the charging stations all day long. We aren't trying to be some high-tech laboratory or anything like that. We just fix batteries, charge them back up, and sell new ones when the old ones finally decide to give up. People usually come in when their cars won’t start or their backup power at home has died. It is usually a bit of an emergency for them, so we try to move as fast as we can. The floor is made of thick concrete and stays relatively cool even when it is incredibly hot outside. We have got an old ceiling fan that wobbles a bit, but it keeps the air moving. Kalina is a good spot for this kind of business. We know most of the other mechanics working nearby. Sometimes we spend the whole afternoon just cleaning terminals or testing cells. It is just steady, daily work for us and we just keep at it.