Khadi India churns out eco wall paint made of cow manure
With the objective of promoting sustainable and non toxic manufacturing, Khadi and Village Industries Commission has developed “Khadi Prakritik Paint”, an eco friendly, antifungal and bacterial resistant wall paint which makes use of cow dung and other naturally resourced material. Certified by the Bureau of Indian Standards,the paint is said to be economically feasible, odourless and free from all sorts of heavy metals like lead, mercury, chromium, arsenic, cadmium and others.
Khadi Prakritik Distemper and Emulsion Paints have been tested at three reputed National Laboratories. National Test House, Mumbai, Shri Ram Institute for Industrial Research, New Delhi and National Test House, Ghaziabad.
As per the press statement, the pain is available in two variants- distemper paint and plastic emulsion paint. Production of Khadi Prakritik Paint has been developed by Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute, Jaipur (a KVIC unit) under the project conceptualized by Chairman KVIC in March 2020.
Apart from preventing the clogging of drains due to cow dung, surging out of cowsheds, this technology will increase its consumption as a raw material for eco-friendly products and consequently generate additional revenue to farmers and gaushalas which is estimated to at Rs 30,000 (approx) per annum per animal to farmers/gaushalas.
Cover image by Khadi India (KVIC)
