Door to door milk delivery vehicle for rural/suburban regions


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Creator/Artist: Manan Sharma

Category: Mobility Design

Document: P2 Project

Batch: 2021-2023

Source: India,   IDC IIT Bombay

Period:  2019-onwards

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. Sugandh Malhotra & Prof. Abhinav Vidyarthi


Detailed Description

India, as a country, is the highest milk producer in the entire world, with as much as 22% of the global supply coming from India. As a result, the dairy industry contributes 5% to the national economy, and the sector provides employment to millions throughout India. Being the highest consumer of milk, most of the milk production is used internally, with a small amount being exported to other nations. But how is this milk delivered to the consumer? While bakeries, industries, and factories receive their milk through freight, a large portion of rural and sub-urban households in north and north-western India receive fresh milk daily, delivered on 2-wheelers early morning, right from the source, the dairy farm itself. Freshmilk delivery on 2-wheelers has been a popular profession among small dairy farmers. Being an unregulated business, the vehicles used by the dairy farmers are unsuitable for the purpose, often creating a safety hazard for the farmer as well as other road users as well. Through this project, I aim to understand these problems, the user, their needs and aspirations, and create a purpose-made vehicle for door-to-door fresh milk delivery for the North Western, with Uttarakhand chosen as the domain for context research.


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