Sona Engineering Works

Our shop is located at No. 22 in the Mehta Industrial Estate. It’s a bit of a maze back here in Liberty Garden but we like it. Most days you can hear the machines running before you even see the door. It’s dusty and there’s usually a bit of oil on the floor, which is just how an engineering place is. We handle a lot of different metal parts and repairs. Sometimes a customer comes in with a broken piece that looks like it’s fifty years old and we have to figure out how to fix it without a manual. We don't use any high-tech computers for everything, just the old lathes and our own hands. It gets loud in here. You often have to shout just to be heard over the grinding and clanking. The tea guy comes around twice a day and that’s when we take a short break to sit on the crates. My brother and I have been running this spot for a while now. We don't have a big office or anything. Just a small metal desk in the corner covered in grease-stained papers and old drawings. It’s hard work and your hands are always black by the end of the shift. But it’s good to see something actually get made or fixed right. We’re usually here until late if there is a big job to finish for a client. That’s just the way it goes.