Larsen & Toubro

Living and working at the N.C.L Kakri Project in Sonebhadra is a unique experience. Our office is based out of Quarter No-B/198, which gives you an idea of how closely we live to the work. It’s a mining area, so everything has a thin layer of dust on it no matter how much we clean. The views out the window are mostly of the project site and the heavy trucks moving back and forth. It’s not a quiet place, but you stop hearing the noise after a week or two. We have a small setup inside the quarter where we handle all the administrative bits for the local operations. It’s a bit cramped, especially when we have a few people over for a meeting, but we make it work. The weather in this part of U.P. is quite extreme—bitterly cold in the winter and scorching in the summer. We drink a lot of water and try to stay out of the sun during the peak hours. Most of us have been stationed here for a while, so we’ve become a tight-knit group. We spend our evenings talking about the day’s progress or just listening to the radio. There isn’t much to do for entertainment, so we focus on the job. It’s honest work in a tough environment, and we’re just here to make sure the project keeps moving along as it should.