IIT(ISM) Dhanbad develops auto-irrigation, soil monitoring system for COVID-19-affected farmer families

The project is part of the IEEE HAC (Humanitarian Activities Committee) and IEEE SIGHT's (Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology) response to the current COVID-19 situation with an institute in selected developing Countries that has been chosen to improve.

IIT(ISM) Dhanbad develops auto-irrigation, soil monitoring system for COVID-19-affected farmer families

A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) (ISM) Dhanbad has developed a new smart auto-irrigation and soil monitoring system, to motivate and engage the distressed families of farmers affected by COVID-19 to take up agriculture and farming. Scientists KVK, Dhanbad, and Seema Singh informed that "the farmers will be benefited from the new advanced system and the focus is on driving the new system and developing it into a sustainable source of income. "This project has been established at KVK, Dhanbad," she added.

Singh further informed that "the project is part of the IEEE HAC (Humanitarian Activities Committee) and IEEE SIGHT's (Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology) response to the current COVID-19 situation with an institute in selected developing Countries has been chosen to improve. IEEE (USA) led by Project Head, Professor, Rajeev Kumar Ranjan and Dr Dheeraj Kumar from IIT (ISM) to empower the people of Dhanbad."

“A research fund of US$ 4,995 has been provided this time to make Dhanbad's initiative a success. The project members are Pushkar Srivastava, Sanal Roy, Om Kumar, Sachin Kumar and Shubham Kumar Kurrey. The project was ethically supported by Deputy Director, Dhiraj Kumar and Director, Rajiv Shekhar,” she added, as reported by the dailypioneer.

“Old irrigation techniques lead to wastage of water. Dhanbad district is facing water shortage for a long time. It encourages people to take up farming in the area and move to the nearby metros for better opportunities. This project will help farmers or COVID-19 migrants who are less skilled in farming with a more efficient mode of irrigation. The proposed system is designed to remove unnecessary water runoff in agricultural land by using a sprinkler system. Using the sensor, the readings of temperature, wind speed, sunlight intensity, soil moisture, air humidity and pH are continuously monitored. Solar panels were used for power supply in the system which has made the project self-sufficient, thus it will be more sustainable,” said Singh.

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