Startup’s Plant-Based Car Wash Helps India Save Millions of Litres

[The Better India logo]( IN PARTNERSHIP WITH [The Better Home logo]( The Better India is proud to deliver stories that will make your day straight to your inbox. Stories of change and changemakers. Of how a strong will transforms into a positive impact for the entire community. Hello, Did you know Coca Cola once had Cocaine in it? Hence the 'Coca' part of the Cola. Cocaine was also legal back then. And of course, who can forget that famous Camel cigarettes ad - "More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette." Ah yes, it is always fun to look back at the crazy stuff they did in the past, apparently clueless to the harm it was doing. What part of our life do you think people will be shocked at 100 years now? Our relentless wastage of water comes to mind. Water is critical for our existence, and yet (as our grandkids might angrily attest), we act as if it is an unending resource, free to be splashed everywhere. My pet peeve is the need to wash our vehicles when the slightest dust settles on it. We spend most of our time inside our cars, yet we need the outside to be 'sparkly'. Now hopefully we can stave off any future embarrassment, if not the extinction of our entire species through innovative solutions. And Nitin Sharma has one solution that is easy to use and still lets us have the sparkles - 'Waterless' vehicle washes. "I was handling a mechanic workshop as well as dealerships in battery, tyres and other car services in Chhattisgarh. But there was a recurring operational problem. During the summers, most of the water sources would dry up, and this posed a massive challenge for us since we needed water to clean the cars before delivering them to the customers. This situation made me realise how bad it is," Nitin mentions. "When washing your car at home, you usually use a bucket or a pipe. While it takes two buckets, approximately 40 litres to clean a car, consumption using a pipe increases to almost 75-100 litres. And in a service station, this goes up to 200-300 litres of water to wash a single car. Now imagine the amount of water wastage in a country where millions of cars are washed every day," he explains. His solution? In 2017, he decided to create his own plant-based organic spray car cleaner that could replace the traditional practice of car washing with water and soap. The lubricant spray breaks down dust particles and separates them from the surface, making it very easy to wipe off with a microfibre towel without any scratches. It took almost two years of hard work to implement it. He pooled Rs 10 lakh investment from his family and wife, Kshama Sharma, and launched a startup with her in October 2019. They named their product 'GO Waterless'. "A simple spray, wipe, vacuum and polish, and your car is ready as new — without making the surrounding dirty or spending a single drop of water," says Nitin, while also adding that it only takes 200 ml of the lubricant solution to clean an entire car at a time. Nitin also offers a home visit for those who want to be further convinced, along with a host of cleaning services in his franchise centres. You can find out more by here - Find out more about the car wash on +91 8305121705 And while this may not be the final solution to all of our water woes - industries till pollute trillions of litres of water per day, ideas like this will atleast ensure that we didn't directly contribute to the annoyance of the future. Have a look! [Read the Story]( [27 Years Ago, This Soldier Saved Two Kids in Manipur. Today, He’s Saving Their Village]( Captain DPK Pillay lying injured after the gunfight. 27 Years Ago, This Soldier Saved Two Kids in Manipur. 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