SITA releases first instalment for vending project to ASTEC
STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: State Innovation and Transformation Aayog (SITA) Vice-Chairman Ramen Deka handed over the first installment of the project “An integrated and automated set-up for preparation and vending of panipuri” to the Director of Assam Science, Technology, and Environment Council (ASTEC) Dr. Jaideep Baruah at an official programme held at the ASTEC office in Guwahati on Thursday. The ASTEC will implement the project through Saurav Jyoti Sarma, a young innovator, within a period of 12 months. The co-vice chairman, Dhruba Prasad Baishya, was also present in the programme.
The Vice-Chairman Ramen Deka, handing over the installment, said that the concept of the innovative idea came out of the need to develop a health improving food system in addition to convenience in delivery. The purpose of developing such a machine is to provide fresh and crispy panipuri while keeping the hygiene factor in mind and delivering the food items in a shorter amount of time to the customer.
At present, the dispensing of panipuri is done manually, resulting in variations in quality while the hygiene of the product is seriously affected. Hence, realizing the need, SITA, in collaboration with ASTEC, has decided to design and innovate a machine to avoid any type of manual handling of the product and ingredients so that the process is convenient for the delivery person and safe for the consumers. In the programme, Co-Vice-Chairman Dhruba Prasad Baishya, delivering a speech, spoke at length about the necessity of maintaining hygiene in preparing our roadside food, and this project, he says, is a step in that direction. The programme was attended by P.L.N. Raju, Special Secretary to Science, Technology, and Climate Change Department, Dr. Chandra Barooah, Head i/c Environment Division at ASTEC, G.G. Das, Advisor (F&S) SITA, D.S. Hazari, ARO SITA, Dipankar Bora, LO SITA, and other officials.
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