India is full of innovative stories of inventions and discoveries. In this one, Lucknow’s Shailendra Singh has invented a model that produces electricity with the help of labour of the bulls. His enterprise is called ‘Nandi Rath’ and it currently produces 5 kilowatts of electricity in one hour for personal purposes.
Lucknow: This may sound strange and unbelievable but former Deputy SP Shailendra Singh from UP generates electricity with the help of bulls. He lives in Gosaiganj, Lucknow. His entire enterprise is called ‘Nandi Rath’. This strangely interesting innovation is attracting attention from all over the world. Foreign companies from countries like Africa are approaching him for carbon credits.
Making of ‘Nandi Rath’
Shailendra Singh shares a story that once when he went out in the search of pure milk for his child, he didn’t find it anywhere. Most of the milk products were contaminated. Then, in the year 2017, he decided to start his own cowshed. He owned five cows and started producing pure uncontaminated milk. The word spread around and the demand for his milk products increased.
After the birth of a few calves, Shailendra wondered about what he must do with them. From there an idea occurred to him which prompted him to produce electricity from bulls. He implemented his ideas and in February 2020, he generated 20 kilowatts of electricity from 8 bulls in an hour.
The news of Shailendra’s accomplishments reached the top offices and the Economic Advisor of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath who is also the Vice Chancellor of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, along with Divisional Commissioner and District Magistrate visited the village to witness Shailendra’s innovation.
The process
Shailendra was asked to elaborate on the process of producing electricity with bulls. Initially, the bulls were made to move in circles in a designated place. A man guided the bulls to follow a certain path. It was a laborious process for both the workers and the bulls. Shailendra implemented a much simpler model then. In the lockdown of March 2020, he developed a new model which resembled the same mechanism as that of a tread mill. Shailendra experimented with various ideas before settling with the idea of Nandi Rath.
Multipurpose usage of Nandi Rath
The newest model of Nandi Rath is versatile as it does not occupy much space. He uses a gear box to add the mechanical power, which is also a world patent. This gear box has the capacity of producing 1500 rpm, at which any normal alternator can produce power. Shailendra shares that these models can also be used as flour mills, crusher and fodder cutting machines.
10 kw electricity per hour
With his newest model, Shailendra was able to produce 5 kilowatts of electricity per hour. He has plans of increasing its capacity to 10 kilowatts per hour. At the moment, the electricity is used for personal purposes but according to Shailendra, the production will be expanded to make it available to the grids.
Read Exclusive COVID-19 Coronavirus News updates, at MyNation.