Thursday, August 31, 2006

Karlapat Micro Hydro

Latest on the Gram Vikas micro hydro system being built in Karlapat village, Kalahandi district, Orissa:

Working is progressing slowly due to rains. Not much remains to be complested: the main cable and the penstock.

















Karlapat has an amazing banyan tree near the micro hydro site.
















The 110-or-so home village also has amazingly sweet kids...non-stop gigglers.

















Rains have washed out the road in front of the power house.
















The system has 2 pumps as turbines designed for an output of 10-25 kW.































Laying the penstock should have been one of the first steps in implementation, but we could not manage the schedule...






































2 comments:

Unknown said...

Hi, dipti.... your and my area of interest of work seem to be the same.
I think there is lots that we can share.

-Vishakha

dipti vaghela said...

Feel free to write me at info@gramvikas.org