A labourer hauls salt into a heap at a government-owned salt pan in Sambhar lake, 75 km from Jaipur in Rajasthan. Sambhar is India's largest inland saline lake. For centuries, it has been the main source of salt in northwestern India.
A labourer collecting salt into a heap at a government-owned salt pan in Sambhar lake, 75 km from Jaipur in Rajasthan. Sambhar is India's largest inland saline lake. For centuries, it has been the main source of salt in northwestern India.
Two villages in Uttarakhand take lessons in hydrogeology to revive dry springs, end water conflict. For three years now, the tanks built around the springs have had sufficient water even in the lean season
Two villages in Uttarakhand take lessons in hydrogeology to revive dry springs, end water conflict. For three years now, the tanks built around the springs have had sufficient water even in the lean season
Two villages in Uttarakhand take lessons in hydrogeology to revive dry springs, end water conflict. For three years now, the tanks built around the springs have had sufficient water even in the lean season
Two villages in Uttarakhand take lessons in hydrogeology to revive dry springs, end water conflict. For three years now, the tanks built around the springs have had sufficient water even in the lean season
Unrestrained salt production threatens the very existence of Sambhar Lake, which was declared a wetland of international importance in 1990 by the Ramsar Secretariat for being a unique migratory bird habitat and wetland ecosystem