PRAYAGRAJ: If you are among those who are not satisfied with the quality of packed flour available in the market and wish to have flour from any grain, ground in the traditional ‘Atta-chakki‘ (wheat grinding unit), but due to their limited numbers or your busy schedule, especially in big cities, you have no option but to continue using packed flour, then Maha Kumbh is the right place for you to visit.
As Maha Kumbh is attracting an unprecedented turnout of devotees, many are visiting the pandal of One District One Product (ODOP) and the Khadi and Food Processing Department exhibitions set up in Sector 1 of the parade ground area.
Among the numerous products on display, an innovative health product—Cycle Atta Chakki—is drawing a huge crowd. This patented product (Patent No. 518208) allows you to grind any kind of dry grains while exercising. You can grind one kilo of wheat in 20 minutes and burn 300 calories of energy in the process.
The patented technology is called Adbhut Swasthya Yantra (ASY) – A Pedal Operated Device with an adaptive hopper unit for grain crushing at normal temperature to produce nutrient flour while exercising. The patent was given to Amit Mishra, Rekha Mishra, and Ashish Gangwar.
Rekha Mishra, a woman entrepreneur of Sagar Tools and Machines, who hails from Pratapgarh, explains, “This product is a balance with nature, energy conservation, healthy living, and a sustainable lifestyle. By exercising for 20-22 minutes, one kg of dry grain (say for wheat) can be ground to make healthy flour, and in the process, approximately 300 calories can be burnt.” It helps to prevent blood sugar, knee pains, heart diseases, obesity, and many other ailments, she added. On the other side, it produces good quality cold-ground flour, which retains all nutrients lost in automated grinding machines.
ASY won the best innovation award in 2018, organised by the Ministry of Culture at the National Science Centre, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. This product has also gained a lot of popularity all over India and abroad among environment lovers. It has been praised by Chief Minister UP Yogi Adityanath and by the then Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Ram Naik, at UP Rajbhavan.
When asked what prompted the team to invent this exercise cycle Atta chakki, they said, “Seeing people running on roads, sweating in gyms, and wasting a lot of energy for nothing, we thought to tap this energy for something good, which originated the idea of ASY. At the same time, our Prime Minister motivated the nation with the ‘Fit India’ drive, which further made us more determined to develop this product.”
Moreover, although many people look for brands that guarantee fresh and healthy unadulterated food and thus seek organic options, at the same time, for fitness, people are trying to join gyms, yoga classes, online subscriptions, etc.
But this all continues for very short intervals. People stop going to the gym within a few weeks or a month’s time. We have solved this issue by combining both needs in a single product. If you promise not to buy flour from the market and do it for yourself, this is the best product that will ensure you exercise to earn your bread, she added.