<p>The National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal), November 9 issued a slew of directions for protection of Sambhar lake, a Ramsar site.</p> <p>Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary,
Physico-chemical analysis of ground water of Sambhar lake city and its adjoining area block, was performed to have a clear picture of water quality so that remedial measure could be worked for fluoride higher than 6 mg/lit may cause osteoporsis and fluorosis. High nitrate is alarming as it indicates possibility of seepage from sewage.
<p>Among several salt lakes in the Thar Desert of western India, the Sambhar is the largest lake producing about 2 9 105 tons of salt (NaCl) annually.</p>
Pilot project has helped producers boost their output, profits Mohammed Iqbal A unique project: International experts watching a crusher-cum-salt iodisation machine provided to small salt producers at Nawa under a UN World Food Programme-sponsored project.
The Sambhar Salt Lake hydrological system, including river waters, groundwaters, evaporating pans and sub-surface brines, has been analyzed for the salt content (TDS) and naturally occurring radionuclides (210Po, 210Pb and 226,228Ra).
