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A cow wanders past a large cargo ship that has clearly seen its prime many years back. Workers strip the ship down to its bare bones before entirely dismantling it back to scrap iron and other metals. They use a huge crane to lift chunks of the ship onto the shore. Alang is a census town in Bhavnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat, India.Alang is known as land of lakes and temples. However today Alang is known for being Asia's largest and world's one of the most important Ship Recycling Yard where various material like Melting scrap, Cast Iron Scrap (Beed), Rolling Material, Profile Plates, Marine Machinery, Marine Engine, Diesel Generating Sets, Electric Motors and so many other items which are available in huge quantity of various qualities are mostly tested and certified by the