Mittal Metal Traders

Our place is over at S 110 in Sarup Nagar. It’s more of a yard and a small office than a fancy shop. Mittal Metal Traders is basically about moving metal from one place to another. We spend our days surrounded by sheets, rods, and scraps of all kinds. The ground is usually covered in iron filings or bits of aluminum. It’s not the cleanest environment, but it’s where we work. We have a large scale out front for weighing the loads that come in on the trucks. The sun hits the metal in the afternoon and makes the whole place feel like an oven during the summer months. We usually sit under a tin roof in the back to stay out of the heat when we’re taking a break. There’s no reception desk here, just an old wooden table where we keep the ledger books. We write everything down by hand mostly. It’s a straightforward business. We buy, we sell, and we try not to let the inventory sit for too long. Sometimes we have to move things around with a manual trolley, which is back-breaking work. The neighbors are mostly other industrial units, so it’s never really quiet around here. We don't spend money on advertising or anything like that. People know where we are if they need us. It’s just a regular local business trying to stay afloat and keep the workers paid each month without any big drama.