To encourage and attract the tourism in Kashmir, a group of kashmiri engineering students have developed an eco-friendly solar-powered motor-boat and demonstrated it in Dal Lake here on Saturday, July 21, 2018.
The two seater boat with the load carrying capacity of 150 Kg. The boat is made up of Deodhar frame and plywood body with front steering system. The boat is 7 feet 2 inch long, 3 feet 6 inch wide and 1 feet 4 inch deep. The battery of 12 volts x 4 Nos & Solar Panel of 75watts x 4 Nos has been installed on the top of the boat. The boat is driven by a DC Motor of 48 volts, 900 watts.
“Once charged, the boat can run up to two hours and it simultaneously gets recharged through solar energy,” Danish Shafi, one of the developers told media. He said the idea behind the design was to minimise human fatigue and make effective usage of renewable energy sources. The boat can be recharged through electriCity as well.
The boat was launched on 21 July 2018 in a function held at Nehru Park, Dal Lake, Srinagar in which Dr Syed Abid Rasheed Shah (IAS), D.C Srinagar was the Chief Guest on the occasion; Mrs Purnima Mittal (KAS), ADC, Srinagar; Mr. Riyaz Ahmad Beigh (KAS), SDM, Srinagar; Mr. Masarat Hashim (KAS) Deputy Director Tourism, Srinagar were the Guests of Honour while Dr. Anshu Kataria, Chairman, Aryans Group presided over the function.
Assuring the students of support from the administration for future endeavours, the deputy commissioner said such a project could bring a revolution. The government will also look for implementing the idea of solar-powered boats inside Dal lake to reduce pollution, he added.
12 Students of B.Tech 1st Year namely Danish shafi (Khrew Pampore), Bilal Ah shah (Khrew Pampore), Umer Farooq (Shopian), Muskaan Qadir (Ganderbal) along with other team members have developed the boat.
Aabid Ayoub (Sopore), Ghulam Mohi Ud Din(Khrew Pampore), Ishtiyaq(Khrew Pampore), Mehvish Hassan (Ganderbal), Afla Younis (Kokernag Anantnag), Rabia Aijaz(Anantnag), Gowsia Qadir(Shopian), Akshay Kumar (Udhampur Jammu) were also involved in the project.
