SRINAGAR: A youth from Doda area of Chenab Valley in Jammu division has converted a scrap Maruti 800 into a mini Thar.

A youth Mubashir Ahmad Wani from Doda has converted a scrap Maruti 800 into a mini Thar.

Mubashir Ahmad Wani, 28, son of Abdul Lateef Wani, a resident of Thathri village of Doda, after working on scrap Maruti car has made a mini Thar out of it.

Talking to newsgatherer KNO Mubashir said that since childhood, he was fond of cars and it was his dream that one day he will drive a mini Thar.

“After struggling very hard for years, I wasn’t able to earn so much money so that I could purchase a Thar and my dream would come true,” he said.

“I am a mechanic by profession and when I realized that I won’t be able to purchase Thar, so I started working on a scrap car in January this year. I was expecting that I will convert it into Thar in three to four months, however, due to COVID-19 lockdown I was not able to get some important things required for its manufacturing,” he said, adding that after lockdown restrictions were eased, he bought required things and converted Maruti car into a Mini Thar.

He said that his cousin Mohammed Akram helped him a lot and it took him around 1.5 lakh rupees for the same and finally he converted his dream into reality.

He said that Deputy Commissioner (DC) Doda and Sub-Divisional Magistrate of his area visited his residence and congratulated him.

Not far away from Doda, a 23-year old engineer from Bhaderwah has created history by converting a 1948 model Volkswagen Beetle car into an electric car.

A 23-year old engineer Mohammad Jawad Khan from Bhaderwah area of Doda district has created history by becoming the first person in India to convert a 1948 model Volkswagen Beetle car into an electric car.

Mohammad Jawad Khan, a resident of Gatha village of Bhaderwah and alumni of Swami Vivekananda Institute of Engineering and Technology had last year manufactured a solar car named SVIET Volta.

Jawad said that since childhood, he was interested in renewable sources of energy and always wanted to invest in something based on renewable sources of energy.

He said during COVID-19 lockdown he started his workshop named Tadpole Projects Pvt. Ltd. and started working on a project of the Centre of Excellence for Research on Clean Air (CERCA) under the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.

“After working continuously for around eight months, I completed this project and became the first person in India to convert the vintage car into an electric car,” he said, adding that he can convert all vehicles whether light or heavy motor vehicles into electric vehicles and it will help in controlling air pollution.

He said that the mileage of the car will depend on batteries and its mileage will range from 50 km to 300 km. “Its charging will take just a few hours besides that car works on a manual gear system and can be controlled through the phone by using Bluetooth dongle.”

He said that despite coming up with many innovations so far and working on many others, there has been no government support for him. “I have contacted higher authorities to provide me support so that I can help move forward, however, they haven’t shown any interest so far.”

“I am working on a project and if the government can support me, I will generate electricity from small dams which can give 24×7 power supply to the villages and it will work for decades,” he said.

Jawad also thanked Arun Duggal founder of CERCA for reposing faith in him and giving him a chance to work on this project. “I am hopeful that he will help me in future as well.”

Jawad’s father is a store owner while his mother is a government teacher and he is the first engineer from his family.

“Presently, I am getting good offers outside J&K but I want to do something for my area like convert electricity from micro dams to provide electricity to far off places here. I am waiting for a positive response from the concerned authorities,” he said

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