Craving For Pani Puri In Times Of Social Distancing? This Machine Can Make Your Wish Come True

A video that is going viral on Twitter shows a man demonstrating his genius 'pani puri vending machine'. With the machine once can enjoy the snack completely contactless.

New Delhi: A video on Twitter has gone viral of a man demonstrating his genius 'pani puri vending machine' and probably the need of the hour, considering the lockdown. The machine works like any other vending machine, a person has to put in the money and a small conveyor belt will dispense out stuffed Pani puris slowly, completely contactless. Although it is not clear in the video how the 'puri' is being stuffed. ALSO READ| Relief For Students As ICAI Cancels Upcoming CA Exams 2020; Merges With Nov Exam Eating sweet and sour pani puris/gol gappas/poochkis from street vendors is one of the things people are missing because of the lockdown. Before the pandemic, it was a casual thing for people to meet their friends or family, go to their favourite pani poori/gol gappa vendor and gorge on some delicious, crisp, sweet and sour pani puris. Due to the ongoing pandemic, hygiene takes a central stage and social distancing becomes the new normal and people cannot enjoy this treat! But this vending machine makes contact-less pani puris a reality and lovers of this snack are eating it up over social media. Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Assam Police, Hardi Singh is among the thousands who tweeted about, he tweeted "Now this is real Indian ingenuity!" while sharing the video, which has collected thousands of views on Twitter.

Now this is real Indian ingenuity!

A Pani Poori vending machine. Call it by any name Gol Gappe, Puchka, Batasa - we love it! pic.twitter.com/wC288b9uUD — Hardi Singh (@HardiSpeaks) July 2, 2020

ALSO READ| Four More Patients Succumb To Covid-19 In Kashmir, Death Toll In J-K Climbs To 125 No matter what you call, Pani puri, puchka, golgappa or pani batasha and while the debate on who has the best pani puris may never settle, one thing is for sure everybody loves this vending machine and is eager to eat pani puris!