Anjaiah is a retired teacher and farmer of Isojipet village in Pulkal mandal of Medak district. For the past four years, he has been enjoying the evening without the need to stay at farm it was protected from attacks by wild boars with ‘Solar Hooter,’ a gadget that was designed and produced at Medak district by a farmer and rural innovator.
“We used to have so much of crop loss due to attack by wild boars. After erecting this system there was no wild-boar attack and we are happily sleeping in the home,” Mr. Anjaiah told The Hindu .
K. Ramachandraiah, the farmer and rural innovator, who designed ‘solar hooter’ has to his credit another solar based product –solar light trap.
The idea of light trap was that of a farmer named Shyam Prasad from Warangal district, but the design was by Mr. Ramachandraiah and both of them are now available on demand. He has also been running an old Maruthi-800 car fixed with two solar panels, each with 40 watt capacity.
Mr. Ramachandraiah claims that the car gives petrol consumption to the tune of 30 kilometre per litre. However, this was not tested by any agency so far. He has also claimed that he had constructed a bamboo house to reduce the temperature and designed a ‘snake arrester’ which prevents movement of snakes.
Working on various innovative ideas for the past six years, of which some were not yet materialised and some in still experimental stage, Mr. Ramachandraiah has focused on solar-based products that would be more helpful for farmers’ community.
After getting the work done at various places, he had thought of having his own industry in the village itself and it was formally inaugurated on Monday.
“We need to support persons like Ramachandraiah who are bringing the science into use and trying to address the problems of farmers. The students have to focus on such innovations,” said Prof. P. Ramakrishna Reddy, CBIT, who attended the inaugural programme.
Impressed with the work done by Mr. Ramachandraiah, Collector D. Ronald Rose, asked him whether he was ready to design a solar pump set. The Collector is ready to release the required amount for manufacturing a solar pump set.
Impressed with his work, Collector D. Ronald Rose wants him to design a solar pump set
