It could not have happened in a better place. A 75-year-old woman from the city named Selvamma has made a revolution of sort – in thinking for sure if not in the way – by roping in a device run by solar power to grill corns that she sells.
Selvamma, a 75-year-old woman street vendor who has been selling roasted corn outside the Bengaluru Vidhana Soudha (State Legislative Assembly) for 20 years now, has got a new upgrade up her sleeve now. She sells the same roasted corn, but now uses a solar-powered fan to roast the corn.
“I live in a nearby NGO. It was earlier a challenge for me to roast corn. After seeing my struggle, these people provided me with this machine,” said Selvamma
Just like most other roasted corn vendors in the country, Selvamma also used a manual cane fan and coal to roast corn to grill it until recently, but now things have changed.
Selvamma said, “My hand hurts, that’s why they have given this.”
The use of a solar powered fan to roast corn has resulted in significant decrease in her manual labour and has made the task much more comfortable for her. This has also cut down the time to roast corn to half.
Selvamma’s new solar fan has found her many fans on social media.
The social media was impressed with Selvamma, especially her knack of learning at her age, and that she is doing a favour to the environment by halting burning of coal. Some netizens also called her “Solar Mama”.
