Krishna Bko Manufacturing Bricks

You can find our brickworks on Bhamabadi Road in Badrukhan. It’s a bit out of the way, which is perfect for making bricks because we need a lot of space for the kilns and the drying rows. We’ve been here for a good long while now. Brick making is one of those old-fashioned jobs that hasn't changed all that much over the generations. We spend our days out in the open, dealing with mud and fire and stacks of finished bricks. It’s a weather-dependent business; when it rains, everything slows down and we have to cover the bricks, and when it’s sunny, we have to work fast. The road to Bhamabadi is usually quiet, except for the tractors and trucks coming to pick up loads for local construction projects. Most of the people working here are from around the local area, so we all know each other well and it feels like a community. We don't have any big corporate structure; it's mostly just us and the bricks. It’s physically demanding work and by the end of the day, everyone is pretty tired and covered in red dust. But there’s a good feeling in seeing a fresh batch come out of the kiln just right. We don't spend money on fancy signs or marketing. People around Badrukhan just know where we are if they need bricks for a wall or a new house. We just keep doing what we know how to do.