‘Arth’ is a venture started by a group of IIT alumni with the help of ENACTUS, IIT Delhi. With four machines, they have started turning cow dung at Shri Krishna Gaushala in north Delhi into cow dung logs.
What do you do when you have 9,000 cows generating 1 lakh kgs of cow dung daily? A few enterprising youngsters of New Delhi have found a way to not only generate wealth from it but also provide livelihood to several people, an IANS report, says.
‘Arth’ is a venture started by a group of IIT alumni with the help of ENACTUS, IIT Delhi. With four machines, they have started turning cow dung at Shri Krishna Gaushala in north Delhi into cow dung logs first and also into diyas, havan cups, rakhis and now, the team has filed a patent for cow dung clay.
This cow dung log machine, ‘Go Kasht’, is used to manufacture cow dung-based fuel wood in log-like shape. This log is then sun dried and can be later used as fuel wood in various situations.
It can produce 1,500 kg of cow dung-based logs that can be used as firewood for the cremation of five-seven bodies, saving roughly two trees in each cremation.
“It requires the wood from two fully grown trees to cremate a body. All those trees can be saved if people adopt such practices. It can also help the gaushala to clear roughly 150,000 to 170,000 kg of processed cow dung every month and earn through it.
This cow dung log machine, ‘Go Kasht’, is used to manufacture cow dung-based fuel wood in log-like shape. This log is then sun dried and can be later used as fuel wood in various situations.
Earning by goshalas (cow shelters) is important as most of the Gau Shalas have large number of non-milch cows.
And the process of preparing the mix for cow dung cakes provides solution to waste management problems, provide an additional source of employment to its employees or nearby villagers, and contributes to reducing deforestation.
“We have a tripartite arrangement with the Shri Krishna Goshala. It is a facility spread over 50 acres. We have trained people from the Goshala to use the machine, prepare logs and then leave it for sun drying. We sell the products to corporates,” Arth’s Ayush Sultania said, adding that the revenue is shared equally among themselves, the goshala owner and workers.
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