Monnet Power Company Limited (MPCL) has introduced a pilot project to distribute improved cookstoves to Anganwadi centres for preparation of mid-day meals. MPCL is providing these stoves free in Malibrahmani in Angul district of Orissa, as per a report in India CSSR. Jivan Jyoti is a range of smokeless firewood stoves developed by a team of international scientist and researchers, which is being manufactured in India by Envirofit.
All Anganwadi centres in the district at present have traditional chulhas which take longer time to cook and emit a lot of smoke.
In comparison to traditional cooking methods, Jivan Jyoti would reduce smoke up to 80 per cent, consume 60 per cent less fuel, reduce cooking time by about 50 per cent and save upto 50 per cent fuel wood.
After the Anganwadi project, MPCL plans to distribute the stoves in all schools in the area where mid-day meals are cooked. In time, the company intends to distribute these stoves to rural households of the area at subsidized rates.
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