Biomass stove is a show stealer at NIRDPR expo

A biomass technology stove attached with a cooker was the star attraction at the NIRDPR exhibition on January 26 and 27 as part of the 'Make in India' concept. The stove comes in two variants for Rs 600 and Rs 900 and runs on charcoal which does not emit smoke. Both the stove and charcoal are available at the Rural Technology Park in NIRD campus.

100 grams of charcoal costs Rs 2. Other stalls at the exhibition included compressed mud bricks unit, solar deep freezers mounted on a moped and tricycle, ornamental fish unit and edible mushroom and soya bean products. NIRD director general Dr MV Rao lauded the new technology promoters and its stakeholders.