24/2/2018
PUNE: Amid the
Centre's efforts towards making India Open Defecation Free (ODF), a man from
Pune has been contributing to it in a unique way by building toilets out of Thermocol.
Ramdas Mane's company makes toilets out of Thermocol with
cement coating, in two hours. "We also give these as wedding gift to girls
who don't have the capacity to build toilets, and have given it to 25 girls
till now," said Mane. He has supplied over 22,000 toilets all over the
country.
The business of building toilets is run on No loss-No Profit basis,
and Mane has even been awarded various awards by different organisations and
governments for his innovation, including the India CSR's with Sanitation
leadership award 2016. In 2007, he also made it to the Limca Book of records. Mane
has also received awards in foreign countries like Australia and Uruguay.
His company, 'Mane group of Companies' was started in 1993, to
essentially build Thermocol machines. Mane said that he supplies these machines
in about 45 countries and that about 80 percent of the Thermocol in India is
made up by his machines. Mane has also been given a patent for the Thermocol recycling
machine, he said.
Ramdas Mane belongs from a poor family in Satara district. He
worked hard and did part-time jobs to complete his education. Today, Mane says
his company's annual turnover is about Rs 40 crores with 70 employees working
there. Most of the countries buy his Thermocol machine as it is cheaper as
compared to an international market.
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