Pawan Mishra, in his critically acclaimed book Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy, had famously written, “The only thing God is afraid of is a strong-willed human.” Examples of such sheer will power are rarely seen though. Here in India, one man by the name of Vishnu Patel is doing something rather extraordinary.
Aged 60, Patel is a differently-abled person with impaired hearing since birth who has left many automobile engineers in a tizzy. Hailing from Surat, Patel uses e-waste – like discarded mobiles, laptops, TV remotes as well as vehicle parts – to build-battery operated vehicles.
So far, Patel has built seven such battery-operated two and three wheelers, which he likes to call ‘e-bikes’. His creations come with a purpose too – to help the specially-abled. In an interaction with ANI, he said “I want to make three-wheelers for the differently-abled community, using which, they can give their families a ride too.”