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Patna, (Bihar Times): Now bullock-carts will become
steely. Thanks to joint initiative of the Institute
For Steel Development and Growth (INSDAG), ministry of
steel and Steel Authority of India (SAIL), steel
bullock-carts would soon roll on the rural roads of
Bihar and Jharkhand.
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The steel minister, Ram Vilas Paswan, would distribute
200 steel bullock-carts each among the farmers of
Bihar and Jharkhand.
The steel bullock carts will have wheels with tyres
and will be much lighter––220 to 250 kilo––than
traditional wooden bullock-carts, which weigh between
500 and 750 kilo. Each steel bullock-carts would cost
Rs 15,000, almost the same price as the wooden one.
Thus the total cost of 400 bullock-carts would be Rs
60 lakh.
There will be two types of steel bullock-cart. The
small one will be pulled by one-bullock while the big
one by a pair of bullocks. The small one will carry
0.5 tonnes of load while the big one can carry two
tonnes.
It would be fitted with bearings and brakes. The SAIL
officials say that its longevity will be 30 years
against five years that of wooden one.
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