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Salt workers loading salt into truck in Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India. The temperature outside exceeds 50 degrees Celcius in the unshaded June sun, 2011. Salt Industry in Kutch district is one of the biggest industries. Gujarat Is producing about 70% of the total production of salt and Kutch district contributes about 40% of Gujarat's total production. Salt is one the major and essential food items for human beings and an important raw material for various salt based industries like soda ash, Caustic Soda, Chlorine, Sodium Metal, Hydrochloric acid etc. Salt has some other important uses in fish curing, tanning of hides and skins, water softening, salting out of soap, ore dressing,, food preservation, washing power, dyes & intermediates, chemicals. Thus, the growth potential always t