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Denzil Britto says "We have several different types of soils in the Thar desert. They all have certain properties like some are very rich in salinity while some are very rich in iron and calcium. So, we have placed a few samples of soil collected from the Thar Desert. For that, we have to travel at times for certain kilometres maybe other districts and actually go into the place, pull the bags out, put in the sand and see what is happening in that area and carry the samples back to see what grows when the soil is here." Special thanks to H.H. Maharaja Gaj Singhji of Jodhpur, Managing Trustee of Mehrangarh Museum Trust. This footage is part of the stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+
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