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A Salt worker working in Salt Pans
Long before becoming a megacity, Mumbai was occupied by huge fields of salt, and people working in those fields (called 'salt-pans') were known as 'Agaris'. Salt was even more important than gold,so important that wars have been fought for the ownership of these salt-pan lands! Being an important commodity for use in day-to-day life, salt would also fetch good taxes to the rulers.
Apart from its rich history, salt-pans around Mumbai city also provided an excellent buffer to the city from the tides of the sea. In the earlier Development Plan (DP) of Mumbai, these lands fell under NDZ (No Development Zone), but with the new DP and pressure of urban development, most of the salt-pan lands are vanishing from Mumbai's coastline, without realising it's Potential and worth.
A Salt worker working in Salt Pans
Long before becoming a megacity, Mumbai was occupied by huge fields of salt, and people working in those fields (called 'salt-pans') were known as 'Agaris'. Salt was even more important than gold,so important that wars have been fought for the ownership of these salt-pan lands! Being an important commodity for use in day-to-day life, salt would also fetch good taxes to the rulers.
Apart from its rich history, salt-pans around Mumbai city also provided an excellent buffer to the city from the tides of the sea. In the earlier Development Plan (DP) of Mumbai, these lands fell under NDZ (No Development Zone), but with the new DP and pressure of urban development, most of the salt-pan lands are vanishing from Mumbai's coastline, without realising it's Potential and worth.