PERIYA MALIKAKKAL STONE CRUSHER PRIVATE LIMITED

Down at building III/23 in Marankavu, Periya, you’ll find our stone crushing plant. We’ve been operating in this corner of Kasargod for a good while. The main thing we do is take large rocks and turn them into the various sizes of aggregate that people use for concrete and building foundations. It is heavy, noisy work. The crushers run for most of the day, and you can hear the rumble from a bit of a distance. We don't have a polished showroom or anything like that. Our "office" is where we keep the logs and talk to the drivers. The ground is always covered in a layer of fine dust, and the machinery needs a lot of grease and attention to keep it from seizing up. It’s a practical business for practical needs. When a local person is building a house or the local government is fixing a road, they come to us for the gravel. We have a few regulars who have been buying from us since we started. Sometimes the trucks get backed up at the gate, and it gets a bit chaotic, but we sort it out. Life in Periya is relatively quiet otherwise, so we try to keep the noise within reasonable hours. We’re just a group of people working a hard job to make a living and provide a necessary product for the area’s growth. There are no shortcuts in this line of work, just manual labor and keeping the machines fed with rock.