Sounds so promising.
Management of Shirdi temple are working on an innovative measure wherein foot energy of devotees will be harnessed to generate power.
According to the Shri Saibaba Sansthan Trust (SSST) chairman Suresh Haware : “Around 50,000 people visit Shirdi daily. We would install energy pedals…when you walk, pedals would get pressed and then return to their normal positions. This would produce power. This walking energy will be thus converted into power. The power so generated by walking on pedals will power the bulbs and fans in the temple area.”
If such a system really works it could be employed at various religious places where thousands visit daily. On special occasions the number of devotees go up many fold.
Read more of this in a report published in The Indian Express....
