Centre, Maharashtra play tag to ‘develop’ salt pans

Will Mumbai’s vast open expanse fall to realty? Not yet perhaps

NASA images capture wet and dry cycles in Namibia’s Etosha Pan

The salt pan in Namibia receives most of the rainfall — as much as 46 cm — every year between October and March

Life around Mumbai’s salt pans

The salt pans are a source of livelihood for more than 2,000 migrant workers from different parts of the country