Mancherial techie invents motor-run bicycle, wins applause

The bike would give a mileage of 50 kilometres, while the capacity of the tank was 2.5 litres of petrol

Mancherial: An engineering student of the district invented a low-cost two-stroke bicycle which could be run with the help of a motor on par with a motorbike. He was among two students who were selected for the ongoing 5th edition of Intinta Innovator here on Monday.

Katakam Vinay Kumar, an engineering graduate from Mandamarri created the two-wheeler which could be operated by a motor. He said the two-wheeler was not only user-friendly, but affordable. The bike would give a mileage of 50 kilometres, while the capacity of the tank was 2.5 litres of petrol.

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Vinay said he imported the motor and spare parts from the United States in order to make the bicycle which cost him around Rs.10,000. He was currently working as a quality assurance engineer at B2B Testers, a Bellampalli-based software company. He pursued civil engineering from a college in Hyderabad.

Collector Badavath Santosh and District Science Officer S Madhu Babu congratulated Vinay and Md Makshud, who invented a low-cost projector.