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When the villagers urged the panchayat and related authorities to build a bus stand to avoid such instances, their petitions fell on deaf ears.

Launched on Friday, in association with CrowdNewsing, a campaign organisation, this fundraiser raised over Rs 15 lakh with 700 supporters in one day. In four days, the campaign has raised a whopping Rs 35,21,160 with 1454 supporters.

Sridhar P, a teacher and mentor to students in a Bengaluru government school, was not going to let the lack of funds stop a group of talented students from participating in a robotics competition in Japan.

This bike-cum-bicycle is India's first crowdfunded e-bike. 'Spero' doubles up as a bicycle when the detachable battery is removed and can go upto 100 km on a single charge.