Mysuru, Apr 30: Mysuru-based Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), a top most institution in the country which makes research for food processing besides new technologies has developed -Smart Cart a solar powered modular street vending cart.
The institute’s effort was make the street food vendors to deliver hygienic food for the affordable customers.
Launched with the idea of giving strength to the Swachh Bharat Mission, the ‘Smart Cart’ has been developed to ensure enhanced hygiene in the street food arena with quality mobile infrastructure, which can be adopted pan-India for street food vending and preparation, according to the CFTRI.
With wheels, the cart has ease of mobility and option of towing.
What drove the CFTRI to develop the eco-friendly cart? Doctoral students from the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), during a recent survey of street foods in Mysuru, found that the carts used by street vendors were inadequate in infrastructure and ergonomics.
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