School Dropout Turns Scrap Material Into Game Changer Innovation For Apple Growers Of Kashmir

Owais Khan of Anantnag, Kashmir, has built a cable gondola using scrap parts and online tutorials to ease apple transport in Kashmir’s orchards.

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00:00In the heart of South Kashmir's Anantanag district, where apple trees cling to steep

00:20meadows and mountain slopes, a quiet revolution is taking place.

00:25Meet 25-year-old Uwais Khan. He never finished school, but he never stopped learning.

00:32Forced to drop out after 6th grade due to financial struggles, Uwais turned to online

00:37videos and sheer determination to chase a dream. A dream to make life easier not just

00:43for himself, but for every apple farmer in his village.

00:47From discarded vehicle parts, old gears and metal scraps, Uwais built a game-changing

00:53machine, an apple gondola.

01:00This makeshift cable car now carries heavy apple crates from high orchards to ground level,

01:06saving time, labor and lives.

01:10Now we have 3 years ago, Uwais Khan, Uwais Khan, Uwais Khan, Uwais Khan, Uwais Khan

01:15and Uwais Khan had to shoot 100 crates.

01:18After the morning, we started to shoot 100 crates, but after the second day, we didn't

01:23have any trouble.

01:24Then Uwais Khan said that we didn't want to make something for this, and Uwais Khan

01:28had to make this decision.

01:30Then Uwais Khan made Uwais Khan.

01:32Today we have created, we're here so much money.

01:37Today we live here, 3 people total money, 2000 people, to lose 2 thousand people.

01:40It's not wage, it's not a problem, it's not a problem.

01:42It's not a problem, it's not a problem, it's not a problem.

01:43It's not a problem, it's a problem, it's not a problem.

01:45This is the best thing made here.

01:48It's the best thing, just a person can load, it's not a problem.

01:51If it can be more and more, if it can be needed, it can be necessary.

01:55Today, O.S. employs five people and is working to expand his innovation across Kashmir.

02:14His goal? To build more gondolas and empower more farmers.

02:25O.S. says his family has provided him all the support he needed to make this project a success.

02:52He is also ready to share his innovation with other fruit farmers who may require it.

03:22He is also ready to make this project more than 7-8 liters per hour.

03:25Then, I have used this technique to give 25,000 dollars per hour.

03:32And, it costs about 7-8,000 dollars per hour.

03:37We have a backbone of Kashmir. There are many archers such as me, where there is no road, no car.

03:46I don't need government support, because God has asked us to do this.

03:55If there is a bad person who has an archer, there is a lot of money,

04:02so the government needs to give them spam.

04:07We can also help them in making them.

04:11From the scrap heap to the slope of the Himalayas,

04:14O.S. Khan turned an idea into impact.

04:17No formal education, just a big heart, a brilliant mind and a belief.