Greener & cheaper: Odisha electrician’s solar-powered bicycle fuels hope
An electrician in Odisha’s Kendrapara district has rigged up a bicycle with solar power to create an electric cycle which can travel at a speed of 25 km per hour. Soumya Ranjan Palei from Pegarapada in Rajnika block, about 120 kms northeast of Bhubaneswar, after many trials and errors.
An electrician by training, the 28-year-old fitted solar panels on the bicycle besides an engine which could run the cycle. He took three months to make the bicycle ready for the road. travelled more than 110 km from his home to Balasore on Saturday.
