Rebirth of India: Superior

Ever since Shakroor became rich, people have been coming to lobby him for investment. Most of them are extremely unreliable projects. It can be said that they fully utilize the characteristics of Indians' big imagination. So Shakru didn't agree with any of them, but the lobbyist he met this time made him a little hesitant.

On this day, Shakru had just negotiated with the director of Zee TV's "Current Affairs Interview" program in the office about doing a special interview with Priyanka, when a tall, thin, neatly dressed, and elegant man came. Young man, although Preeti had just told him that he was here to catch the autumn wind, but since this young man gave Shakru the first India very well, Shakru planned to listen to his thoughts.

However, this good impression was completely destroyed when Shakru just saw the name of this project. Shakru even felt that this young man was the most unreliable project he had ever encountered, because this project was actually sold in India. water, purified water targeted at the poor in slums.

So Shahrul couldn't even turn over anything, and frowned and said: "Mr. Shah, I think your idea is a bit whimsical. If it is Saatchi or Voss mineral water aimed at the wealthy class, there will be some market. (Produced from the Sach Bitters Mine in the Czech Republic Spring water (500ml, 160 bottles), but you are targeting the poor in the slums. Do you think they have money to buy pure water? And the municipal government sends water trucks to various slums every day to deliver water, so they should not spend money to buy water. It’s the demand.”

Shah shook his head and said: "Mr. Pandit, you are from a noble background. You must have never lived in a slum. I don't know how severe the water shortage there is. Because the water loaded in the water truck is limited every day, in order to obtain enough We had to get up at four o'clock every day to line up at the water supply point. When the water truck came, everyone rushed forward. It can be said that fetching water every day was like a war. Not many people could fill the water.

Moreover, the water obtained with great effort is not clean, it is just much cleaner than the water taken from the ditch. Every time you grab water, you have to use several layers of gauze to filter it. Even so, you will still feel small particles in your mouth when you drink it.

Because the water you drink is not clean, it is easy to cause diseases. According to our team's investigation, most of the diseases suffered by residents in slums are related to unclean drinking water. Therefore, instead of spending a lot of money on treatment after getting sick, it is better to spend some money beforehand. It's more cost-effective to buy clean drinking water. "

Today, India is in a state of extreme water shortage due to the development of urbanization and industrialization. On the one hand, the water sources near cities are close to drying up. On the other hand, some water sources are invaded by undrinkable sewage. Coupled with more and more people moving from rural areas to cities, the supply of drinking water has become increasingly tight. (It is expected that in the next 20 years, 2.2 million people will move from rural India to cities, and most of them will take root in slums, and this situation will only increase.) Therefore, in many areas, slums Residents can only survive on clean water delivered by trucks sent by the government. Just like oil is transported by tanker truck, clean water is delivered to various slums at a fixed time every day.

After hearing that Shah's explanation made sense, Shahrul then took a look at the specific measures of this project. At first glance, he found that it was quite reliable.

Shah designed an automatic water dispenser similar to an ATM machine. The source of this clean water is groundwater sources near local residential areas, but this water is essentially inedible. Shah will use a set of water purification filters designed by himself at each water delivery station to process the water in multiple steps. Purification treatment.

This approach is similar to the water purification process in a water plant. First, the collected water will be stored in a water tank placed at a high place to create sufficient water pressure, and then the water is sent to the filtration and purification component below. In addition to filtering to remove color, activated carbon absorbs impurities, and adds In addition to steps such as potion sterilization and disinfection, this machine will also use reverse osmosis and ultraviolet rays to repeatedly purify and disinfect the water to ensure that the water that is originally inaccessible meets drinking standards. Next, the water is divided into clean containers and transported to the water tanks of various "automatic water dispensers" for storage.

More similar to an ATM machine, Shah's "automatic water dispenser" uses a card swipe method to draw water. People can buy IC cards and recharge them. When they want to get water, they only need to bring the card and bucket.

Shah believes that this stored-value IC card model is relatively ideal to meet people's need to buy water anytime and anywhere. "On the one hand, it is safer. Because there is no cash transaction, there is no need to worry about someone destroying the 'automatic water dispenser' to steal money. On the other hand, IC cards make it easier for people to draw water on demand, and it is also convenient for us to collect statistics based on people's needs. Adjust services in a timely manner. Electronicization also ensures that water storage can be cleaner.”

In addition, Shah also used the Internet of Things technology to add remote monitoring devices to the water purification and filtration equipment and the "automatic water dispenser". In this way, these two sets of devices can provide real-time feedback on the operation of the equipment. Once the water purification and filtration equipment has abnormal operation or the water quality has deteriorated, it will immediately notify Shah to send staff to repair it. When the remaining water volume of the "automatic water dispenser" is lower than a certain standard, it will also constantly remind the water station to add water quickly to prevent the water tank from being completely empty. In this way, Shah can ensure that people can buy clean and qualified drinking water 24 hours a day with less manpower.

Shakru thinks that Shah's goal is very practical, which is to provide residents with clean drinking water necessary for their lives from the perspective of community service. Through intensive professional equipment processing, instead of simple household purification, the output effect is better and the cost is relatively low, which improves the long-standing drinking water dilemma of Indians. There is no desire to go to the big projects such as regulating water areas and purifying rivers in one step.

However, even so, Shakru still does not plan to invest in this project. First, the investment is too large. Second, he thinks that it will take a very long time for this project to be profitable. It will definitely not be profitable in one or two years. Therefore, this is not attractive to Shakru, who is used to doing business quickly.

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