stoves

July 9

From: Mrityunjay Bose

RURAL HOUSEHOLD

Now a stove that cooks and reduce air : In an effort to address the increasing and harmful impact of indoor air pollution in India, a range of clean burning biomass cooking stoves will be introduced in the country. Designed by an international team of globally recognised scientists and engineers, the stoves reduce toxic emissions by as much as 80 per cent while using 50 per cent less fuel and reducing cooking cycle time by 40 per cent. The cooking stoves have been developed as a result of a partnership between Envirofit and Shell Foundation (UK), initially launched in 2007, to engineer and deliver clean burning biomass stoves that are affordable and attractive to people, who are impacted by indoor air pollution (IAP). "Biomass (wood, crop waste and animal dung) is likely to remain the primary cooking fuel for a large majority of rural Indian households for many years to come. Against this background and the alarming number of annual indoor air pollution-related deaths world over, we are committed to developing products that will make a significant contribution to healthier and cleaner living," said Envirofit India Pvt Ltd general manager Harish Anchan. "Through the stoves we have developed, we are providing women an opportunity to continue to cook as they would before, but in an environment that is less polluting and hazardous." "There are an estimated 1.6 million deaths per year due to toxic indoor air pollution (IAP). We are proud to be partnered with Envirofit International to introduce clean burning wood stove technology in India while employing the first market-based business model," said Ajit Abraham of Shell Foundation India, who supports the project as part of their Breathing Space Programme. "The aim is to see 10 million stoves sold in five countries in the next five years."
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that pollution levels in rural Indian kitchens are 30 times higher than recommended levels and six times higher than air pollution levels found in New Delhi.

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