Laxmi Battery Service

You can find us over near Ramgad Mode in the Jaipur G P O area. This isn't the kind of place where you’ll find polished floors or air conditioning. It’s a workshop, plain and simple, and it smells like lead and acid most of the time. We deal with batteries all day long, which means a lot of heavy lifting and getting our hands dirty. There are stacks of old battery casings in the corner waiting to be dealt with and rows of new ones sitting on the wooden benches. We spend a lot of time checking water levels and hooking things up to the chargers. The sound of the traffic outside is constant because the road is always moving with bikes and rickshaws. Often, someone will pull up with a scooter that won't start, looking a bit frustrated, and we have to see if the battery just needs a quick charge or if it’s completely dead. It’s physical work and your back starts to feel it by the end of the afternoon. We have a couple of plastic chairs for people to sit on while they wait, though most just stand around and watch us work. The floor has some stains from spills over the years that won't ever come out. It’s just a honest place where we fix what’s broken and try to keep things running for the people who live and work around this part of the city.