LOANS PAYABLE (Details) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Carrying Value	$ 202,000	$ 149,000
Estimated Future Payment Within 1 Year	62,000	54,000
Estimated Future Payment After 1 year	$ 141,000	$ 95,000
0% automobile loan payable [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity Date	April 2018 - June 2019	April 2018 - May 2019
Stated Interest Rate	0.00%	0.00%
Carrying Value	$ 26,000	$ 25,000
Estimated Future Payment Within 1 Year	13,000	10,000
Estimated Future Payment After 1 year	$ 14,000	$ 15,000
1% automobile loan payable [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity Date	November 2022
Stated Interest Rate	1.00%
Carrying Value	$ 24,000
Estimated Future Payment Within 1 Year	4,000
Estimated Future Payment After 1 year	$ 20,000
3% automobile loan payable [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity Date	November 2022
Stated Interest Rate	3.00%
Carrying Value	$ 25,000
Estimated Future Payment Within 1 Year	5,000
Estimated Future Payment After 1 year	$ 20,000
4% automobile loan payable [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity Date	December 2016 - January 2020	August 2016 - January 2020
Stated Interest Rate	4.00%	4.00%
Carrying Value	$ 32,000	$ 58,000
Estimated Future Payment Within 1 Year	15,000	28,000
Estimated Future Payment After 1 year	$ 17,000	$ 30,000
5% automobile loan payable [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity Date	January 2020 - February 2020	January 2020 - February 2020
Stated Interest Rate	5.00%	5.00%
Carrying Value	$ 54,000	$ 66,000
Estimated Future Payment Within 1 Year	17,000	16,000
Estimated Future Payment After 1 year	$ 37,000	$ 50,000
7% automobile loan payable [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity Date	June 2019
Stated Interest Rate	7.00%
Carrying Value	$ 25,000
Estimated Future Payment Within 1 Year	5,000
Estimated Future Payment After 1 year	$ 20,000
8% automobile loan payable [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maturity Date	October 2021
Stated Interest Rate	8.00%
Carrying Value	$ 16,000
Estimated Future Payment Within 1 Year	3,000
Estimated Future Payment After 1 year	$ 13,000

Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02(22))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03(16))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6879938&loc=d3e572229-122910

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03(16))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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