Well-Bred Kannan (WBK Photography)
Saltpan - Marakkanam
Salt Production at Marakkanam, Villupuram District
Marakkanam, one of the salt production place in Tamilnadu, like Tuticorin and Nagapattinam. Salt pans in the Marakkanam region, spreading over 2,500 acres of the coastal area in Villupuram district.
Saltpan workers life is very crucial. They are working in harsh sunlight. Salt workers are exposed to occupational hazards like contact with salt crystals and brine, physical stress, sunlight and glare due to sunlight reflected by salt crystals. Salt workers reside in 10 permanent villages located adjacent to the salt pans. They are working at a daily wage of few hundred rupees.
However, the extreme weather and hard labour conditions in the salt pans cause lot of morbidities among the salt workers. There is a need for modernization and mechanization of salt works and use of personal protective equipments to overcome this problem.
Saltpan - Marakkanam
Salt Production at Marakkanam, Villupuram District
Marakkanam, one of the salt production place in Tamilnadu, like Tuticorin and Nagapattinam. Salt pans in the Marakkanam region, spreading over 2,500 acres of the coastal area in Villupuram district.
Saltpan workers life is very crucial. They are working in harsh sunlight. Salt workers are exposed to occupational hazards like contact with salt crystals and brine, physical stress, sunlight and glare due to sunlight reflected by salt crystals. Salt workers reside in 10 permanent villages located adjacent to the salt pans. They are working at a daily wage of few hundred rupees.
However, the extreme weather and hard labour conditions in the salt pans cause lot of morbidities among the salt workers. There is a need for modernization and mechanization of salt works and use of personal protective equipments to overcome this problem.