While the rest of India is experiencing a heatwave, life in Igoo is flourishing. In May, our weather station recorded an avg temp of 6.5°C (max: 10.3°C & min: -1.1°C), and farming is in full swing. The village is benefitting from the AIR & the fields are already looking greener!

Behind the scenes with our team! 💪🔧 From realigning pipelines to upgrading fountain systems and enhancing automation software, here's a glimpse of our productive day at the site! #TeamWork #Engineering #Innovation

Montage of visitors to our thriving glacial ecosystem this spring...

📣 Exciting update! 🌎 MITSolve has revealed the semifinalists for its 2024 Global Challenges!! Automated Ice Reservoirs(AIRs) has become a semifinalist out of 2200+ applicants, and if chosen, our team will move forward to the finalist round next month! #SolveChallenges2024

District managers of NABARD Online from all regions of J&K and Ladakh visited the Ice reservoir at Igoo. The team gained an understanding of how artificial glaciers provide water security for the village, they also had an insight into how automation systems enable building them.

Thanks Mongabay India for this feature! Read on to find out how we enabled village ownership of their glacial water resources through our automation kits

Bet you have heard of ice stupas in Ladakh, but are you aware of an innovation — an automated ice reservoir — in which sensors, valves & a control panel ‘automatically’ control its functioning for high efficiency? How?Read my report in Mongabay India 👉🏽 shorturl.at/YSjDR

We have started field visits to potential sites in preparation for automated ice reservoir construction this coming winter. This week, we visited two villages, Likir (glacial-fed) and Umla (spring fed). We wish to support ice reservoir construction in 11 villages this winter.

Our ongoing field visits to potential sites for automated ice reservoir (AIR) construction this coming winter are going well. Last week, we visited five villages in Nubra Valley on both the Panamik and Hunder sides. Of the five villages, Youlkham and Kuri seem the most viable.

This past week, our team visited Zanskar & conducted some preliminary site visits around Padum to assess the feasibility of AIR construction. We visited four villages: Kumik & Stongde on the glacier-fed north-facing slopes and Sedho & Rejing on the spring-fed south-facing slopes.

Our entire team made it to Igoo to prepare for the new season of AIR construction. After 9 hours of installing & testing various systems at the site, we managed to make some significant progress. With some final adjustments, we will be fully prepared for the winter ahead!

The mountains around us received their first snow two weeks ago, marking the onset of winter. Nights are reaching 0°C & the ground is covered with frost every morning. Our automation systems have already caught these cold weather windows & the ice reservoir is beginning to form!

As winter arrives in Ladakh, we are entering our busiest season. We are testing the latest versions of our system at Igoo to ensure everything operates smoothly. Over the next several weeks, we are excited to roll out installations to 7 new villages! Stay tuned for updates!

The fountain is an important aspect of ice reservoir construction. How water is sprayed, the area it covers & the size of the water particles all determine how water transform into ice. Our fountains are all 3D printed in-house, giving us complete control of this process.

We successfully installed our automation system in Ayee village, Nubra Valley. Three fountains are now spraying water, and with the recent cold temperatures, ice has finally started to form. This year's project is funded by NABARD Online

We are proud to announce that our automated ice reservoir system, which exemplifies sustainable adaptation & climate resilience in Ladakh's trans-Himalayan region, has won the 2024 Mountain Future Award presented by the Mountain Partnership of the United Nations!

Hoping for a continued partership with Jain Irrigation for the water security and climate resilience in mountain communities!

High in the Himalayas, a startup is creating automated ice reservoirs to irrigate fields during the region’s driest months. With over a quarter of the world’s population depending on Himalayan water sources, conserving glaciers is key to global water security. “We're developing