Sakthi Murugan Sago Factory

Sakthi Murugan Sago Factory is located in Valluvar Nagar, over in Jangamasamudram. We are part of the Thammampatty area in Gangavalli. This factory is where we process the tapioca roots to make sago pearls. It’s a lot of physical work involving water and big tanks. The roots come in from the local farms nearby, and then we have to wash them and get the starch out properly. It can get pretty messy on the floor with all the pulp and water splashing around. We've been doing this for years. Sago is important for a lot of food items, and we just focus on making the pearls the right way. The smell of the processing is something you get used to after a day or two of being here. It’s a local operation, and most of the people working here live just down the road in the village. We follow the same steps every day because that's how the sago turns out okay in the end. There’s a lot of drying involved too, so we always hope for sunny days. When it rains, things slow down a bit and we have to adjust. We don't have a big corporate setup or anything like that. It's just the factory sheds and the equipment we need to do the job. Most of our day is spent checking the machines and making sure the starch is where it needs to be. It’s a simple life here in Gangavalli, just keeping the factory running.