KVIC launches Terracotta Grinder. But do you know what it is?

New Delhi: Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) launched its first-ever Terracotta Grinder at Sewapuri in Varanasi. This machine will grind wasted and broken pottery items for re-using in pottery-making.

Speaking on the occasion, KVIC Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena said that earlier wasted pottery items were ground in normal mortar and pestle. Thereafter, its fine powder was mixed with normal clay. Mixing this powder in stipulated ratio to normal clay makes the resulting pottery items stronger.

Why is grinder useful?

This Terracotta Grinder will make grinding of wasted pottery items faster than the traditional mortar and pestle. It will lessen the cost of production, and will also help in solving the problem of shortage of clay. The Chairman said the cost of one tractor trolley of clay is Rs 2,600 in the Varanasi area. By mixing 20 percent of this wasted terracotta powder, the potter will make a saving of at least Rs 520.

This will also create more job opportunities in the villages. The grinder was designed by KVIC Chairman and fabricated by a Rajkot-based engineering unit.

200 electric potter wheels distributed

On this occasion, the KVIC Chairman also distributed 200 Electric Potter Wheels and other pottery machines among the villagers. This will not only create 900 new jobs but will also meet the growing demand for terracotta products at Varanasi railway station. This comes close on the heels of a direction by the Ministry of Railways to Zonal Railways and IRCTC to take urgent necessary action to ensure the use of locally produced, environment-friendly terracotta products. The order asked all static catering units at Varanasi and Raibareilly railway stations to use Kulhad, glasses and plates for serving passengers.

Heard of plastic-mixed handmade paper?

KVIC, as part of its commitment to Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan, had also started manufacturing plastic-mixed handmade paper at Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute (KNHPI). In this project, the waste plastic is collected, cleaned, chopped, beaten and treated for softness. After that, it is mixed with the paper raw material i.
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e. cotton rags pulp in a ratio of 80 percent (pulp) and 20 percent (plastic waste). The institute has sold over six lakh handmade plastic mixed carry bags since September 2018.