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07/05/22 07:57 AM IST

Go Kasht

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  • Shri Parshottam Rupala, Union Minister for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying handed over   cow dung log machine, "Go Kasht" machine to Project Arth and ENACTUS IIT Delhi students.
Cow Dung machine
  • Cow dung log machine is used to manufacture cow dung-based fuel wood in long log-like shape.
  • A mixture of cow dung and cattle waste (like dried waste paddy) is inserted in the inlet(hopper) of this machine.
  • The machine then breaks it down, mixes it, and compresses the mixture in the shape of a log.
  • This log is then sun dried and can be later used a fuel wood in various situations.
Benefits 
  • This machine can process 3000 kg of cow dung every day to produce 1500 kg of cow dung-based logs that can be used as firewood for the cremation of 5-7 bodies, saving roughly 2 trees in each cremation.
  • That further means it can help the gaushala to clear roughly 150,000 to 170,000 kg of cow dung every month.
Project Arth 
  • The conventional way of wood based cremations causes large scale deforestation and air pollution in the cities of India.
  • Arth targets to replace wood as a fuel, with modified cow-dung logs for conducting the Hindu practice of cremations in the crematoriums of India.
Source-PIB 

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