BIO_GAS TO REPLACE LPG ECONOMICALLY

Appropriate Rural Technology Initiative ARTI Pune, has developed a compact bio-gas unit that is made of plastic and is as big as a refrigerator. It comes in two variants of 500 litres and 750 litres and costs between Rs. 6000 and Rs. 7000. Unlike cow dung, starch bio-waste can be had from rotten fruits, potato peels or even spoilt milk, and produces far more methane. A family spend Rs. 10 per day for LPG fuel, this can be made cheaper by bio-gas. If a nuclear family cannot produce enough bio-waste, it can be easily bought from the market from a vegetable or fruit vendor at the cost of not more than Rs. 2 to Rs.3 a kilo.
Space is the only major hitch when it comes to erecting a bio-gas plant for a housing society of 200 families. Other NGOs in Pune like Jnana Prabhodini and BAIF are also working on the concept.
Courtesy Maharashtra Herald Pune