Water Walking Shoe

Water Walking Shoe

Inventor: Dwarka Prasad Chaurasia

City: Mirzapur,

State: Uttar Pradesh

Well, this beautiful invention from a village man of tremendous determination. His invention dates back to three decades. It is called the Water Walker, which comes handy in the flooded regions of India, even now.

The shoes consist of two floats made of thermocol, bonded with a rexine sheet. This whole unit is attached to metal straps with back foot support. These two individual shoes are also tied to each other to prevent them from going apart beyond one's ability to steer them. The size of shoe gave him good buoyancy and ease in maneuvering.

With a pair of hand held oars for balancing, a person can either walk or skate across the lake.

Chaurasia had demonstrated his shoes in front of media at the Delhi Boat Club, which was widely covered. He was also interviewed by BBC at that time, which was great recognition for him.

He had another invention on his name, “the amphibious cycle” which used the same principle of his shoes.