Deputy Commissioner Priyanka Mary Francis said on Wednesday that the government was encouraging departments and educational institutions to come up with innovative projects for the welfare of the people under the Challenge Fund scheme.
She was chairing a meeting at the District Offices Complex here.
Ms. Francis inspected some of the environment-friendly and people-friendly projects and models prepared by the Sri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology and Management (SMVITM), Bantakal, Manipal Institute of Technology, Moodlakatte Institute of Technology, and other organisations, at the meeting.
The projects of the SMVITM included design for development of city and service bus stands in Udupi; recharging phreatic zone through previous concrete pavement; an android controlled application for the movement of wheelchair designed for the differently abled; ‘Track Me’ – a child tracking system; ‘Agricopter’ – a farmer friendly project; voice-based email system for the visually challenged; and vehicle accident analysis system.
The projects submitted by the Manipal Institute of Technology included online payment portal for water bill; automatic detection of traffic violators using surveillance; “Kool Meenu” – improving livelihood of fisherwomen by providing them with solar-powered light-weight cooler for selling fish; “Mobile Agro” – Information Technology driven agricultural support system and solutions for arecanut in coastal and Malenad areas; “Clean City” - an app to connect government officials and people; an android app to prevent waste of food; and optimisation of biogas production using food waste and cow dung.
The projects submitted by the Moodlakatte Institute of Technology included bio-toilets – sustainable solution to India’s sanitation challenge; bio-digester toilet, permeable reactive barrier toilet; solar-powered self cleaning toilet; fixed dome type of biogas plant; and hard water distillation using solar energy for rural and urban coastal Karnataka.
Ms. Francis said the projects submitted here would be selected and submitted to the government. The projects, which got the nod of the government, would be implemented in the district, she said.
Students and professors of many colleges participated in the meeting.
Published - August 24, 2017 07:48 am IST
