Lucknow : The world clock that a vegetable vendor in Lucknow created can tell the time in nine different nations. Ahead of the Ram temple consecration in Ayodhya on January 22, the vendor has donated the first clock as a sign of respect to the temple.
2018 saw the creation of the world clock by 51-year-old Anil Kumar Sahu, a vegetable cart vendor here near the Hahnemann crossing, who filed for an Indian government patent on the design. On behalf of the Ram Temple Trust Champat Rai, he gave the general secretary the 75 cm clock.
In October, at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Scientific Convention Centre in Lucknow, Sahu showcased his work at a state-level science model competition hosted by the Council of Science and Technology (UPCST).
Sahu has also gifted two more clocks, one each to Hanuman Garhi and Ayodhya Junction railway station. “Apart from Ayodhya, I have dedicated clocks in Khatu Shyam Mandir in Lucknow, Kotwa dham and Kunteshwar Mahadev Mandir in Barabanki,” he said.
Sahu, originally from Fatehpur, explained that the clock could show the time of nine countries simultaneously and has a single hand. Starting from India, this clock shows the time in China, Tokyo (Japan), Moscow (Russia), Dubai (UAE), Mexico, New York and Washington DC.
He said he got the idea from reading newspapers since the age of 15 years. “I developed this clock to prove India is a world leader,” he said, adding that he would like to give one to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well and get it internationally patented.
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