Photos: India’s salt workers brave brutal heat on Gujarat’s desert plains
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Credit: Shammi Mehra/AFP
In the blinding white glare of the salt flats, workers rake shallow pans of brine each day, coaxing out crystals that help Gujarat produce most of India’s salt. [Shammi Mehra/AFP]
Gujarat accounts for 75% of India’s output of salt, produced under punishing conditions by tens of thousands of workers.
