Dak Brick Industry

Out here on Belavigi Road, it’s mostly just open fields and us making bricks. Dak Brick Industry has been sitting in this exact spot in Guttal for a good bit of time now. The road gets a bit bumpy and muddy coming from Chamanali Kalekhanavar, but the trucks seem to make it through just fine. We spend our mornings getting the clay ready for the molds. It's a lot of physical labor, lifting and moving those heavy wet blocks all day long under the sun. My brother and I usually handle the orders while the workers keep the fire going in the big kiln. It's not a quiet job, there's always something moving or a tractor humming nearby. We don't have any big advertisements or even a website, most people around here just know we’re here by word of mouth. If you need bricks for a cowshed or maybe a house extension, you just drive down the road and talk to us directly. We try to make them as sturdy as we can. Sometimes a batch doesn't come out perfect, but we sort through them by hand. The sun in Guttal can be really something in April, but that actually helps the bricks dry out properly before they go in the fire. We’ve seen the town change a bit over the years, with more houses popping up everywhere. It keeps us busy enough to keep going. Just look for the big sign near the turnoff. We stay open until the sun goes down.