Harihara Cotton Ginning Industries

Our place is in Nellutla at Sy No 642 and 644/D/4. Harihara Cotton Ginning Industries is basically a big warehouse where the work never seems to stop during the busy months. Nellutla is a small place, so everyone knows where we are without needing a map. The air around the mill always smells like raw cotton and sun-baked earth. We spend most of our time maintaining the gins and cleaning out the pipes. If one breaks, the whole line stops, and that’s a real headache for everyone. We don’t have a fancy corporate office or a receptionist. It’s just a room with some chairs and a fan that squeaks when it turns. We work hard, and the hours are long during the peak season. My clothes are always stained with machine oil and dust. It’s just part of the daily routine. We see the same farmers every year. They bring their trailers in and we catch up on the local news while the unloading happens. It's a nice community feeling, even with all the noise and the wind. We don't use big words or have a mission statement on the wall. We just want to get the cotton processed and the bales loaded onto the trucks for transport. Sometimes we stay late under the floodlights to finish a big batch. By the time we head home, we’re exhausted. But we come back and do it all again. It's a living.