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Women salt workers loading salt into truck in the Little Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, India. See the sharpness of the Canon EOS 5D Mark 2 in action, with a 70-210 f/2.8 Canon lens, recording in HD mode... All filmed and done in the 50 degrees Celcius heat of June 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,