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Bamboo Hand Pump

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Category	Agriculture,Rural Machinery,Pump sets,Others
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Details of Innovation	Mr. Dodhi Pathak is 48 years old and resides in the village of Sandheli, in the Nalbari district of Assam. He is a craftsman and also a gifted flute player. He has created various items of necessity using bamboo. He firmly believes in the adage: Necessity is the mother of invention. Having suffered acute privation in childhood, his faith in his ability to innovate was reinforced. He has a whole list of innovations to his credit including a bamboo hand-pump, a bamboo cycle and bambo teeth among other devices/objets dart. He has developed a working model of a hand pump that is suitable for lifting both underground water and pond water. Every part of this pump including the piston, valve, barrel, and handle is made from bamboo.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Dodhi Pathak
City / District	Nalbari
KVK District	Sariahtoli, Mouza- Bataghila, P.O.-Milanpur, Nalbari, Assam
Address	Nalbari ,Assam
Languages Spoken	Assamese
Vocation	Farming
State	Assam
PIN Code	781335

PAS_1	"TOOTH MADE OUT OF BAMBOO, BAMBOO BICYCLE,BAMBOO MADE HANDPUMP."https://nif.org.in/innovation/tooth_made_out_of_bamboo_bamboo_-bicycle_bamboo_made_handpump/99
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Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Assam And Bengal Plain, Hot Subhumid To Humid (Inclusion Of Perhumid) Eco-Region( 15.2), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) EASTERN HIMALAYAN REGION (II), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) Lower Brahmaputra Valley Zone (AS-4)
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Practice ID	KNW0020000000053
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1122
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN