Ram Shirke Fabricators

If you come down to Sinhagad Road, past Divya Heights, you will find us working. We are located over on Jagtap Dairy Road in Rahatani at number 130. It’s usually loud here because of the machines and the metal. My name is Ram Shirke and I’ve been running this fabrication shop for quite some time now. We aren't a big factory with hundreds of people. It is just a handful of us getting our hands dirty every single day. The floor is always covered in scraps and dust from the grinders. Sometimes the heat from the welding makes the shop feel like an oven, especially in the afternoons. We just drink more water and keep at it. People from the neighborhood know us by the sound of the hammers hitting the steel. It’s a messy job but someone has to do it. The Rahatani area has changed a lot since we started. More buildings are going up every year. Our shop stays pretty much the same though. We fix things, we make things, and we try to get the orders out on time. Sometimes a machine breaks down and it throws the whole schedule off, which is frustrating. That’s just how it is when you work with your hands. We don't have a fancy reception area. If you want to talk, you just come to the back where the actual work is happening.