Awesome New Ideas For A Better Tomorrow (6)-
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Fridge That Doesn’t Need Electricity
Life-saving gadgets, safer ways to travel, solutions for sanitation and cost-effective answers to everyday problems… India has a host of good ideas just waiting to explode. See what’s bubbling under
We
scouted the length and breadth of the country to find the brightest
innovations. The list continues
6.
A Fridge That Doesn’t Need Electricity
BRAINCHILD
OF: Mansukh Prajapati
The
Mitticool Fridge doesn’t need electricity. Instead it runs on a
simple principle – when clay comes in contact with water, it drops
10 degrees in temperature. Potter Mansukh Prajapati’s invention
uses 10 litres of water to cool down its terracotta clay body to
keep a steady temperature of 10 to 15 degrees. This makes it ideal
to store fruits and vegetables for five to eight days. Milk products
can last up to 24 hours in the fridge and it doesn’t need a
replacement for 10 years.
Prajapati’s
idea for Mitticool came out of a tragedy. In the aftermath of the
2001 Gujarat earthquake, the Rajkot resident saw a picture of his
pots, now broken, in a local newspaper with a caption that read:
“Broken fridge of the poor”. Since he used to sell clay tawas and
water coolers in his village of Wankaner, he started thinking that if
a clay pot could work as a cooler, maybe a fridge based on the same
principle could work too. He took a loan of ` 3 lakh, and after a lot
of research, the Mitticool was born. It has since won him a National
Award.
It’s
available in Gujarat for Rs.3,400 and in Mumbai, Delhi and Hyderabad
for Rs.4,000. You can get in touch with Prajapati through his website
Mitticool.in. Prajapati is now working on the idea of a Mitticool
House, which won’t require electricity for cooling.
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