PRODUCTION OF SALT FROM SAMBHAR LAKE
Sambhar Salts Limited
(SSL), produces salt from Sambhar Lake water and sub-soil brine
from Lake bed. The production of SSL for last three years from
both sources is as under:-
(Production in lakhs
MT)
|
2000-01
|
2001-02
|
2002-03
|
|
1.06
|
1.40
|
1.19
|
Production of salt
during 2001-02 was higher as compared to the previous year, but
fell by 15 per cent in 2002-03.
The reasons for short-fall
in 2002-03, inter-alia include successive drought condition and
obstruction in free-flow of water into the lake from catchment
area due to construction of anicuts and dams on rivulets, tributaries
and rivers leading to the Sambhar lake and development of private
salt manufacturing on the outskirts of lake boundaries.
The company proposes
to dig bore-wells and surface-wells to improve the production
of salt. It has also approached the Government of Rajasthan for
maintaining free flow of water to the lake.
This information
was given in the Rajya Sabha by Shri Subodh Mohite, Minister of
Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises in a written reply to
a question by Shri Aimaduddin Ahmed Khan (Durru).
