Kisan Mitra Chhadi: The Kisan Mitra (Farmer Friend) stick, a unique safety tool created by Indian scientists, can identify the presence of snakes and other poisonous animals up to 100 meters away. During the National Agricultural Fair in Raisen, Madhya Pradesh, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan formally unveiled the technology, describing how it uses a vibration-based alert system to protect farmers.
In order to close a serious safety gap for India’s rural labor, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan introduced a locally created electronic “Kisan Mitra” stick that can identify poisonous snakes from a distance of 100 meters. Speaking on Monday at the National Agricultural Fair in Raisen, Madhya Pradesh, Chauhan affirmed that the gadget uses sensors to find hidden reptiles and vibrates violently to warn the user.
Kisan Mitra Stick Snake Identification
The recently created Kisan Mitra stick is designed to locate snakes and other poisonous animals within a 100-meter radius. Despite seeming like a typical walking stick, the gadget has a unique activation button. In describing the working procedure, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan said, “Farmers go to the field with this stick and then after putting it on the ground, they have to press the button.” According to the Minister’s explanation, if a snake is nearby, the stick would vibrate violently, giving the farmer a tactile warning before they approach the animal too closely.
Union Minister Chauhan at the Raisen Fair on Agricultural Safety and Snakes
Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan stressed the tool’s importance to the farming community during the three-day Advanced Agricultural Festival in Raisen. “Many times when farmers go to water the fields at night, many such accidents happen that they get bitten by snakes,” Chauhan said to the National Agricultural Fair audience. He added that the stick uses these shaking signals to alert the farmer to the risk. The Minister described the gadget as a “farmer friend stick” created especially to guard against the significant number of snakebite incidents that happen during regular agricultural work in fields and forests.
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Statistics on Snakebite Deaths and Their Regional Effects
The Kisan Mitra stick was created in response to the serious threat snakebite poses to India’s public health. Just 10% of the approximately 350 different species of snakes found in India are poisonous. The “golden time” for treatment for individuals bitten by dangerous types is quite limited, thus farmers who are frequently far from nearby medical facilities must use devices like the Kisan Mitra stick to prevent bites.
