India’s position as the third largest salt manufacturer in the world.
Many companies have manufacturing units and they procure salt in bulk quantities from the farmers for further purification and packaging.
Thoothukudi is the major salt producer in Tamil Nadu with Vedaranyam following close on its heels. Salt manufactured here is exported to a vast number of countries ranging from Qatar in the Middle East to Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam in the Far East. Countries like China, Japan and Nepal also figure high in the export market.
“When the water is pumped into a collection pit, it will be around 100C,”
The pumped up water is then run into square pans and is left to dry where it reaches 300C.
“It turns into salt in just about 3 hours on a sunny day
They periodically check the pans and sweep up the salt after the water crystallizes into salt.
The salt is then dried up in mounds before being filled up in sacks and taken away for processing.
The swept up salt, still dripping wet, is gathered in mounds and left for days to dehydrate.
To prevent the mounds from getting washed in an unlikely event of a rainfall, thatched palm leaves are spread forming a protective layer. The salt, thus stored, is inspected for its consistency after about 10 days and is prepared for loading.
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