Sudarshan Engineering Works

Nirankari Street isn’t very long, but there’s a lot of activity happening here near G.T. Road. We are at number three, right in the Miller Ganj area. It’s an industrial part of town, so you’ll always hear the sound of metal hitting metal or machines humming in the background. Our workshop is usually full of iron shavings and the smell of oil. We do a lot of different engineering jobs, mostly just taking pieces of metal and turning them into whatever the customer asked for that week. It’s heavy work and it can get really hot in the summer, especially when the fans aren't doing much. We aren't a massive factory with thousands of workers. It’s just a small group of us who know how to handle the lathes and the welding tools. Sometimes a job takes longer than we thought because a machine breaks down or the material doesn't show up on time. That’s just part of the business though. We spend our lunch breaks sitting outside on the step, watching the trucks go by on the main road. We’ve been doing this for a long time now and we don't plan on changing much. It’s about getting the parts finished so they can go out to the next factory or site. The floor is never clean for more than five minutes, but that’s how you know we are actually working.