Karnataka farmer designs unique water mill to generate electricity, gets praise from VVS Laxman

Siddappa’s water mill design soon caught the attention of many, including VVS Laxman, who shared an image of the farmer along with the caption that read, “Incredible- A farmer from rural Karnataka, Siddappa has designed a water mill to generate electricity and operates it in the canal near his house.”

“He spent just Rs. 5,000 on the construction, and gets 150 watts of power from this water mill when water flows in the canal,” Laxman said.

Incredible- A farmer from rural Karnataka, Siddappa has designed a water mill to generate electricity and operates it in the canal near his house. He spent just Rs. 5,000 on the construction, and gets 150 watts of power from this water mill when water flows in the canal. pic.twitter.com/tFN5JHmqBo

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) January 3, 2021

The only obstacle is that canal has water for only few months in a year.
He could generate electricity for the entire village if he could get a regular supply of water through the canal.
Siddappa is an example of how one can bring a larger change without having enough resources

— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) January 3, 2021

The mill generates enough power to light up to 10 bulbs of 60 watts and two TV sets. The farmer also claimed that he would be able to generate electricity for his entire village from the machine.

Thank you Sir for sharing this wonderful RISE STORY… One of the finest example of Accepting No Limits….

— satish balesgol (@balesgol_satish) January 3, 2021

This should reach the agricultural ministry.

— Meena Sastry (@MewnaS) January 4, 2021

Superb. It’s really think about that to all of us.

— Ravi Auti (@raauti) January 4, 2021

Thanks Laxman garu for bringing this kind of news to us ..your tweets are educating many ..

And Siddappa should be helped immediately to scale up the process

Hats off 🇮🇳👌💪

— Telugu Cinema Fun (@TCinemaFun) January 3, 2021

An example of “necessity is the mother of invention” And it’s a SEMI( same effort more impact). Farmers are the real grass root innovators in my view

— Dr. Kranthi K Maniam (@KKManiam) January 3, 2021