Shri Salasar Marketing (C&F: Ambuja Cements Ltd, Dhanbad)

Out here in Dhanbad, things are always a bit dusty with all the activity going on. We run the C&F for Ambuja Cements from our spot in Baramasia. The office is actually part of the house belonging to Shri R.C. Prasad Sinha on Durga Mandap Road. It’s a pretty well-known landmark in Hari Narayan Colony, so most drivers don’t have much trouble finding us when they are bringing in the loads. Handling cement is heavy work and it keeps us on our toes all day. The trucks come and go, and we spend a lot of time checking the bags and making sure the counts are right. It’s a bit of a maze back in the colony, but we’ve been here long enough that it feels like home. The heat in Jharkhand can be something else in the summer, making the warehouse feel like an oven, but we just get on with it. We handle a lot of the paperwork and distribution for the Dhanbad area right from this little office. It’s not a shiny corporate building or anything like that, just a regular place where we do our business. Most of the guys working here are from around the neighborhood. We know the roads well and we know the people who need the cement for their shops or their new houses. It’s just how we make a living.