Road to Dukura range.

The road to Chandanchaturi village in dukura range, similipal. There is about 20 Km of country road after the link road that has to be traversed to reach the site.

With the beneficiary after the installation of the second biogas unit. 

Fixing the safety valve

The gas pressure safety valve is being fixed and the process is explained to the beneficiary. 

After the installations

The beneficiary, his family and the onlookers after the installation of the PBG unit. 

Gas Connections

The gas pipe brings the gas from the digester to the kitchen. Most of the gas wil be used for cooking. However, when the gas is not being used, it is stored inside th kitchen to be used later. 

First exposure to a gas stove

This was the first time the beneficiary had seen a gas stove. All her life she has been cooking on firewood "chulhas". At first, she was worried as she thought that this is an electric stove and wanted to know where the wires would be fitted. After we demostrated the functioning of the stove and explained to her that it runs on gas created by cowdung, she was all smiles.
Although it will take some time before the full gas pressure forms for optimal usage..we were very happy that the process had begun.

WWF & Greenpower

Michael Peters (WWF-Orissa) and Chandan( Greenpower) explain the benefits and the methods for utilizing the manure from the digester as a fertilizer. 

Backyard of the beneficiary

The picture shows the biogas digester installed in the backyard and the window of the kitchen where the burner is installed. The distance between the digester and the kitchen is around 50 feet. In the background are the Similipal hills. 

Fixing the gas connection

Chandan, from Greenpower India fixes the connections for the gas pipeline, & the beneficiaries help him out.

Mass fishing !

Mass fishing underway at a village near Chandanchaturi. Each guy pays less than half a dollar and can fish for a stipulated time. By the time this is over, the small pond is fished clean of anything that is edible !

Outlet of the digester

This is the outlet of the digester. The manure that comes out is a good quality organic fertilizer and brings additional benefit to the beneficiary, apart from the biogas which is used as fuel.

Biogas digester.

Polythene biogas digester installed at Chandanchaturi village in Orissa. These biogas units are 10m long and 1m in diameter. The gas that is produced here(methane) is transported to the kitchen of the beneficiary, where it is stored in a polythene reservoir. This facilitates the use of gas as fuel anytime during the day or night.

A women carries her daily requirement of firewood from the similipal hills. This dependence can be reduced by providing them with alternative green fuel solutions like the bio gas system. 

This is a tribal kitchen supplied with biogas. The biogas is produced by the polythene bio gas digester installed outside their kitchen. The biogas digester is supplied with animal manure that the beneficiary collects from his livestock. Biogas is a clean, green fuel. It improves the health of people using it as it does not produce smoke or soot. It also reduces the greenhouse effect by digesting the manure in an anaerobic(without oxygen) condition. The by-product of the bio gas unit is very high quality fertilizer, which is used by the locals to suppliment their farming needs. 

A typical kitchen in a tribal household. Conventional kitchens use firewood for cooking which produce lot of smoke and soot. It directly affects the lungs and the eyes of people in the kitchen. Women and the children are the worst affected, as they spend most of the time in the vicinity of the kitchen. It also increases the greenhouse effect on the global level, and depletes the forest resources, as the firewood comes from the adjoining forest. 

A fully functional polythene gas unit. The roofing is provided by local tribal beneficiary using local material. The fencing is made by bamboo sticks which also support the roof. 

Road to Chandanchaturi

 

Unit 2

Installation of polythene biogas digester at the second beneficiaries site.

 

Beneficiaries of Unit 1

I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.

 

Cute little pups..

Smart noses...they smelled a chocolate on me..and the color of my trousers must have egged them on(though they are color blind)..guys,why dont u pick someone your size!