By Haryananewswire
CHANDIGARH, MARCH 10
Haryana Chief
Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has
appreciated the efforts made by a farmer namely Mr Dharamvir Kamboj hailing
from village Damla in Yamunanagar district for making a multi-purpose
food processing machine, for which he has been awarded by the President of
India.
Mr Dharamvir was given Rs five lakh in cash as award money, a citation and
shield at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi recently.He had
called on Mr Hooda in New Delhi today.
Mr Hooda
expressed happiness and congratulated Mr Dharamvir and said that Haryana
is proud of his achievement. He assured him of all possible help for
making innovative machines.
Mr Dharamvir
Kamboj had stood first in the competition of National Grassroots Technological
Innovations and Traditional Knowledge Awards to make the country innovative and
creative. Over 19,000 candidates took part in this competition, out of which
only 64 were selected for awards.
Mr
Kamboj said that his multi-purpose food processing machine can crush about
150-200 kg of aloevera, aamla, guava, apple in one hour. The
machine crushes without breaking the seeds of aamla,
mango, and jamun. The machine can also grind ginger, turmeric
and other items. It can also extract 150 liter milk from soyabean. This machine
is in great demand.
Mr
Dharamvir has also prepared a rain gun for irrigation and a number of other
machines useful in agriculture. Herbal plants grown by him are also very much
in demand in other states.
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