The
Rural Centre
Krishnamurti Foundation India,Rajghat Fort Varanasi,
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The dairy at the Centre plays a very important role in supplying
milk to the entire community at Rajghat campus. The livestock
farm was established way back in 1981 with 50 cows with help
of People Action for Development in India (PADI).The present
cattle population stands at 126. Of which, cows' population
is 67. The animals belong to a hybrid variety -Holistein Frison.
The dairy unit produces, on an average, 320 litres/day in
the lean period July-Sept and during the peak season it touches
560 litres mark (Nov-March). After meeting the campus demand
for milk the dairy sells the surplus in the market.
The centre grows jowar, bajra, etc, to meet the green fodder
requirement of the dairy. In addition to green fodder, the
dairy procures, feeds from the market to meet the nutritional
requirement of the cattle.
Bio Gas Plant
The cattle in the dairy unit generate approximately 1300-1500
kgs of cow dung every day. This is being used for producing
biogas. About 10 years ago, bio gas plant having 45 cu.m capacity
was installed. For a brief period, the plant was not functioning
for some problems. Now the problem has been rectified and
it is functioning well. The gas is used for cooking purposes
and 12 families are deriving benefit from this plant. The plant needs overhauling since it is almost a decade old.
Future Plans
Presently the plant is underutilized and it needs a thorough
overhauling. After it is overhauled, the gas produced would
be utilized for supplying to more number of families. And
also to it would be utilized for running a generator.
The Centre is also planning to install another biogas for
the school kitchen. This biogas works on a mixture of gobar
and food and vegetable wastes.
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