IAS officer shares clip of jugaad irrigation technique involving farm animals. Internet is not happy
India Today
Shared on Twitter, the video starts with a bullock walking on a treadmill-like machine. As the camera pans out, it can be seen that the treadmill is attached to a pump that is spraying water into the fields for irrigation.
There’s no doubt that Indians are unmatchable when it comes to jugaad. From using creative ways to reduce the workload to using daily household items to make something interesting, several videos prove the fact. Now, one video shared by IAS officer Awanish Sharan shows how desi jugaad can be used at an extensive level. However, netizens expressed how the technique promoted animal cruelty.
Shared on Twitter, the video starts with a bullock walking on a treadmill-like machine. As the camera pans out, it can be seen that the treadmill is attached to a pump that is spraying water into the fields for irrigation.
The video goes on to show many such machines operated by bullocks. “Rural India innovation,” read the caption.
Watch the clip here:
RURAL INDIA Innovation. It’s Amazing!! pic.twitter.com/rJAaGNpQh5
The video has been viewed over 52k times. People were extremely critical of using animals instead of electricity to pump water in the fields. Many also wrote about how the jugaad used was not at all appreciable.
Well it’s not amazing. It’s forcing some voiceless and for me this is cruelty.
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