Lucknow engineer turns ‘kabadiwala’ in online avatar with app to sell scrap

Om Prakash Prajapati, a civil engineer quit his job with a construction firm during the lockdown to launch his start up.

Shops dealing in scrap are a common feature in Allunagar area of Faizullahganj in Old City. But one of them bearing a red-green banner — lucknowkabadiwala.com – stands out from the rest.

Owned by a 29-year-old civil engineer Om Prakash Prajapati, it is a start-up.

He had launched it during lockdown, after quitting his job with a construction firm, where he was working as a civil engineer on a salary of ₹30,000 a month.

The USP of this outlet is that it enables smart phone users to sell scrap online in a convenient way and at decent prices.