Devi Corrugators

If you look for us in Jeedimetla, you have to find the Shivalayam temple first. We are right near there at Plot No. 767. At Devi Corrugators, the machines are the loudest thing you’ll hear. They are big and old, and they make these heavy thumping sounds when they press the paper into those wavy layers. The whole shed vibrates a little. We work in the I. D. A. area, so it’s always dusty and there are always trucks honking on the road outside. We spend a lot of time checking the glue and making sure the rollers are clean. If the humidity is too high, the board doesn't dry right, so we have to watch the weather. The stacks of finished sheets go pretty high, and we have to be careful when moving the forklift around the survey No. 242 area. It’s a big open space, but it fills up fast. You get used to the smell of the starch and the raw paper after a while. Most of the guys here live nearby in Subash Nagar, so we all know each other. We take our breaks in the shade of the big neem tree near the gate. It’s hard work, and your hands get dry and rough from handling all that cardboard all day. By the time we shut down the power, our ears are usually ringing from the noise, but it’s a good kind of tired.