(Gujarat Grassroots Innovations Augmentation Network) In 2009, a local Rotary club purchased one windmill to test and worked with the Gujarat Grassroots Innovations Augmentation Network , using the technical expertise of club members to modify the windmill to operate in desert conditions.
Windmills Increase Income for Salt Harvesters
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AUGUST 06, 2010
Peter Schmidtke, Rotary International

Five families who harvest salt from the desert in western India have Rotarians to thank for windmills that will double their income.
The families -- who are among the 10,000 families who migrate annually to the Little Rann of Kutch salt marsh in Gujarat to collect up to 800 tons of salt apiece -- previously relied on diesel engines to draw water to the desert’s surface.
Five windmills were installed by the manufacturer in February with the help of Rotarians and the recipients. Rotary Club members expect the other five windmills to be in use by October, the start of the six-month salt-harvesting season.
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Learn more about the windmills: Innovations, by the Gujarat Grassroots Innovations Augmentation Network