Innovative Pulleys: Ganga and Saraswati
Details:
Innovator attached a stopper over the pulley so that by the backward movement of rope, lever will press it automatically and would not let it slip. Now the person can take the rest as long as one wishes, without having to keep holding the rope. He developed and tried out three different version with different technical features and finalized two models i.e Ganga and Saraswati Pulley.
Innovator: Amrutbhai Agrawat
Area: Engineering Sciences
Contact Address: Junagadh
State: Gujarat
Funding agency: Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India
National Mission: Skill India
Recognition: For this innovation he won Asian Innovation Award in 2000 and a National Award in NIFs First National Competition for Grassroots Innovations and Traditional Knowledge in 2001. An attempt was made to diffuse this pulley with the help of SEWA in a few hundred cases. Much more remains to be done.
Implementing institute: Gujarat Grassroots Innovations Augmentation Network (GIAN), India
Benefits
The pulley requires less effort since handle is pulled instead of the rope. Large quantity of water can be lift in one go. Useful to draw the water from underground tank.