Name : Mr. Pooranlal Kushwaha
District & State : Tikamgarh, Madhya Pradesh
Category : Agricultural (General)
Award : State
Award Function : 1st National Grassroots Innovation Awards
Award Year : 2001
Innovation Description
He lives with his three brothers and four sisters. His father died when he was a small boy. His mother took care of the family with a lot of difficulty as they were very poor. Although he was fond of studies yet he could not study after fifth standard because of the family condition. He was very upset when his studies were discontinued and fell ill for a month. He remained semiliterate and still he dreamt doing big things. During Gulf war when there was hike in diesel prices, he thought of moving the fans of the engine manually or by bullock so that water could be drawn from the well. In his place, people still use the bullock drawn prussian wheel and other devices to pull water from the well.
Called Pooran pump, it’s run without petrol or diesel and has the capacity equivalent to three hp of the normal pump. Useful for irrigation, it can be run for four hours at a stretch with the help of two bulls.