“bayya hamare bareme kuch galat mat chapna, ham gareeb loog hain ” Rahul said, he is from a small village called Nagpar which is in Baharesh Dist of Uttar Pradesh, he Prepares juice in the footpath near Rangayana. He has 2 brothers & 4 sisters who are studying in village. He left the school at 9th standard to come Mysore for earning. He came here along with other 20 friends from near by villages. They are all doing the same work. They are all from poor family background. We can see them even in Hubli & Maharastra.
Rahul prepares Grapefruit juice with a simple unique technology. It was an indigenous technology developed by Jagjeet Company in Laknow. An Iron Jar which is connected with a pulley. It helps to crush the fruits when pulley rotates. He’ll do the 5 marks in Grapefruit surface and removes the outer layer in his own skill. He uses wooden thing to insert inside jar to put more pressure and avoid out burst of juice while crushing. Juice comes out from one side, then he collects & filters it with a plastic saucer. And remains of crushed waste come out of the jar from the rarer end. Only he has to do is to rotate the pulley from his hand. It was a very simple machine & affordable to a common man. The name of the Jar was “Juicevali Machine”, it costs Rs.5000 per Jar. They bought this machine from Lakwnow and hired a cart from local people. Cart was fitted by machine and they put all the necessary things on the cart. They buy Grapefruit, Pepper, Salt & Ice blocks in local market. They are also having a colorful umbrella to protect people from sun rays.
He put some pepper & salt to Grapefruit juice to make it little spicy in taste. They don’t mix water to it, but they can add some ice, only on your request to make it little chill. It was a pure Grapefruit juice to dink and to satisfy our thirsty. He charges Rs.10 per glass and three Grapefruit is enough to prepare one full glass of juice. I saw people drink the juice even in cloudy conditions. They drink even more that one full glass. I can say it is better to drink the juice instead of water or any soft drinks in city. Now a day, you don’t get good water any ware. Even in hotels & especially fast food centers, drinking water is very dangerous. I don’t even recommend any body to drink the water which is supplied by Corporation without boiling.
For me it was a very special, because this is how people find innovative ways to sustain in the modern world. Through this approach we can challenge MNC’s like Pepsi and Coca Cola. Even people should stop drinking soft drinks & should encourage their children’s to drink fruit juice. It will improve their health and also it helps people like Mr.Rahul to earn some money to lead a dignified life. If we support people like Mr.Rahul, it will motivate other people to start business like this. Through this we can create jobs in the society.
I must thank to Mrs.Sunitha Narayan, Director of Centre of Science & Environment, her team proved that Soft Drinks contains chemicals & pesticides which is very harmful for the human body and further they proved that ground water also contaminated. For the first time people start talking about the contamination of water and side effects of soft drinks. This brings little awareness among public. Let us join hands together to support people like Mr.Rahul and will try to destroy the poverty from our nation.
