Common Service Center

This is the Common Service Center located in Village Bahadurpur. We are right here in the heart of the village in Tehsil Budhlada. Life here moves at a different pace compared to the big cities. Most of our day is spent helping people with their forms or scanning documents for them. We have a couple of computers and a printer that runs almost all day, unless the power goes out, which happens quite often around here. When the electricity cuts, we just sit outside and talk to whoever is waiting. It’s a small room with some plastic chairs and a lot of papers pinned to the walls. People from the nearby farms come in to check their records or apply for things online because they don't have internet at home. We try to keep the place cool with a small fan, but in the summer, it gets quite warm inside. It’s not a corporate office by any means. It’s just a place where neighbors come to get their work done. We know most of the families in Bahadurpur by their first names. There is always someone coming in to ask a question or just to see if their papers have arrived yet. It’s a simple setup, but it keeps us busy from morning until the sun goes down and we lock up for the night.