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A farmer from Karnataka has caught the attention of netizens and earned praise from former Indian cricketer VVS Laxman for creating a unique water mill that generates electricity for his house.
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Sidappa used plastic tubs and timber to design the sustainable water mill capable of generating 150 watts of power when water flows in a canal.
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Siddappa started working on the customised watermill after the Hubli Electricity Supply Company Limited (HESCOM) denied electricity supply to his home for being too remote, according to an Indian Express report.
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After observing the mechanism of watermills from the hills of Naragund, Siddappa came up with his own unique design to generate electricity.
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His project turned out to be such a big hit that it even caught the attention of former India cricketer VVS Laxman, who took to Twitter to share a picture of the watermill.
“Incredible- A farmer from rural Karnataka, Siddappa has designed a water mill to generate electricity and operates it in the canal near his house. He spent just Rs. 5,000 on the construction, and gets 150 watts of power from this water mill when water flows in the canal,” Laxman wrote on Twitter.
Incredible- A farmer from rural Karnataka, Siddappa has designed a water mill to generate electricity and operates it in the canal near his house. He spent just Rs. 5,000 on the construction, and gets 150 watts of power from this water mill when water flows in the canal. pic.twitter.com/tFN5JHmqBo
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) January 3, 2021
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In a follow-up tweet, Laxman wrote that the only obstacle Siddappa might fact is the shortage of water supply as canals get water for only a few months in a year.
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However, he added that the design can generate electricity for the entire village if there is regular supply of water through the canal.
