Cross Pollination of Ideas

Submitted by: Mazhar Hussain National Center of Excellence in Molecular Biology

Problem Definition

In the 3rd world countries like Pakistan, the people are suffering from the lack of *Electricity*, which makes life difficult.
Electricity is being used to run most of the domestic appliances, including water pumps. Water pumps become pretty useless in the absence of long hours of loadshedding and daily house chores disturb by the lack of water

Solution
A Water pump given below, known as donkey pump, is most commonly used device for water suction from ground. It works by employing an electrical motor (green) to rotate the wheel which is combined to a piston mechanism followed by valve systems to pull and retain the water in the pump. The motor is a seprable part in this pump. So, this thing makes the manipulations easy.

Solution
Simply, dismantle the motor from the top and replace with the rare gear of normal bicycle/ motor bike. Then connect wheel and rear gear of cycle or motor bike with the help of belt. The Motor is ready to work in the absence of electricity.