PROBLEMSHousingIlliteracyFoodHealth CarePowerWater

63% of all Rural households in India do not have electricity

10-15 hours of blackoutsShortfall of about 15-20,000 MW of

electricity in the country

Rural India depends on water for farming.

Farming takes 80% of India’s Water

Scarcity of water leads to Crop Failure on a large Scale

Leads to various Socio- Economic Problems

WATER POLLUTION

Water quality affected habitations as on 01.04.2006.

Nearly 60% of rural water is contaminated by fluorides, chlorides and other harmful substances

?Solution

EnergyGeneration

WaterGeneration

Energy generationBiomass

solar power

wind

BiomassDerived from Biological

Wastes.Inexhaustible Energy

ResourceCheapEg.

5x100 KW capacity biomass gasification project in Sunderbans

2 biomass projects of 17.55 MW at Ambala and Karnal

Solar energyElectrical generation by

means of heat engines or photovoltaics

Used for heating places, cooking, water distillation, day lighting, etc.

Lower Operating Costs & can be harnessed individually

Eg. Sagar Dweep (WB)Solar panel in

Pondicherry supplies 3 MWs of Power.

Wind EnergyGeneration of electricity

by windClean and no

greenhouse emissionsFeasible in Rural areas

because of open areas and thus uninterrupted flow of air

Not yet tried in Rural areas.

Water conservation

Rainwater Harvesting

Artificial Rainfall

Rainwater HarvestingBetter collection of rainwater.Involves tapping Rainwater and building

bunds on RiversEg. Johads built in Rajasthan

JOHAD in Rajasthan

Artificial RainfallReleasing chemicals like Silver iodide &

dry Ice to induce precipitation in Clouds

IITM ( Pune ) working in this DirectionBMC used it to fill the lakes that supply

water to Mumbai

Cloud Seeding Process

Case Study: Modern energy VillageSituated at Kanhe near Lonavla.Project Undertaken by Dr. Chandrakant Phatak

Flour mill powered by Bicycle

BicyclePoweredBatteryCharger

Water Pump powered by Bicycle

Vehicle PoweredBy Biomass

Appropriate Rural Technology Appropriate Rural Technology Institute(ARTI) Institute(ARTI)Led by Dr. P. Karve Ashden Award for Renewable

Energy 2002World Technology Award in ‘Environment’

Category 2005 (Dr. P. Karve)Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy

2006Jamanalal Bajaj Award for Application of

Science for Rural Development 2007 (Dr. A.D. Karve)

Rooted cuttings

Rooted leaves

Banana TissuecultureSARAI Cooker

CONCLUSION

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