Hand Pump With Modified Plunger

Name : Rama Shankar Sharmadsc01028

District & State :  Siwan, Bihar

Category : Utility

Award :   State

Award Function :   5th National Grassroots Innovation Awards

Award Year : 2009

Innovation Description

Jivan kathin hai aur samay-samay par hamari pariksha leta rahta hai lekin is imtihaan me khara utarane ke liye hame apane vichar, aadat, soch sabhi me badlao lana jaruri hai

handpump-and-new-plungerWe have to face a lot of difficulties in our lives, to succeed we need to modify our thoughts and habits according to the changing times.

Women plodding wearily on the hand pump are a common site especially in rural areas. Not much improvement in the design of the pump has been done, which can reduce the effort in pumping water. Ramashankar Sharma (57) has modified the plunger of the existing hand pump improving its efficiency and hence, reducing the drudgery.

Ramashankar Sharma was born in 1952 in Hathoi, Siwan in a farmer’s family. His family is steeped in blacksmithy and allied crafts. His mother expired when he was only three and in 1958, his paternal aunt took him to Burnpur in West Bengal where his uncle worked in a Steel Factory. There he grew up with his cousins and completed his education till matriculation.

His uncle was an expert in casting, forging and fabrication of iron components and had gained considerable experience working with leading engineering firms during the British period. In his formative years, Ramashankar worked with his uncle and developed the skills of metallurgy.

In 1966, he returned to Bindusar where he got married to Kailashi Devi in 1973. Seeking better opportunities, he traveled to Kolkata, and earned a living working at workshops and working part time as a driver. After spending four years, mainly in automobile work, he returned to Siwan in 1977 to start a machinery shop of his own.

He opened a factory for casting iron and manufactured hand pumps under the brand of “Kiran Chapakal” but suffered huge losses and had to close down very soon. Then he started a rice mill and worked hard for eight years. In 1985, he applied for a loan for seven and a half lakh rupees from Finance Corporation but received only three and a half lakh with which he started a workshop on the main road in Rasoolpur, his neighbouring village.

His village Bindusar Hamid is a small village, located five kilometers from the Siwan city. He owns one acre of irrigated land where he grows paddy, wheat, gram, maize etc. In a rented premise he runs his workshop RG enterprises, where the repairing work of threshers and house grills is done. His second workshop, ‘Maa Kali Engineering Works’ is located in Siwan city where four workers take care of fabrication and repair work. He has four sons and one daughter. His wife died in 2007. Daughter, who is the eldest, is married and settled in a neighboring village. His eldest son helps him in the workshop while the younger three are studying.

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