Salt farming season in remote Indian community

Apr 11, 2017

Salt farming season in remote Indian community

Matt Bracken 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun India, salt farming

Indian salt pan workers of the Agariya community in Gujarat work in the remote and arid Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region for nearly eight months of the year during the salt farming season. India is ranked third in gross amount of salt produced in the world, behind China and the United States, and the western state of Gujarat accounts for 77 percent of India’s production.

: This picture taken on April 7, 2017 shows a group of children of salt pan workers at a tent school workshop next to an Internet-connected van provided by the ‘Zero Connect’ programme in the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region of Gujarat some 180km west of Ahmedabad. The children of Indian salt pan workers, drawn from the Agariya community in Gujarat state, accompany their parents in the remote and arid Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region for nearly eight months of the year during the salt farming season. The ‘Zero Connect’ initiative provides basic education for the children in a joint initiative by the Agaria Heet Rakshak Manch, Digital Empowerment Foundation, Internet Society and Wireless for Communities groups. The initiative runs mobile workshops for the children, providing online access and education materials. (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)

: This picture taken on April 8, 2017 shows Indian salt pan worker Puja Ganeshbhai Muladiya (left) along with her mother Devuben working in a salt pan in the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region of Gujarat some 180km west of Ahmedabad. Indian salt pan workers of the Agariya community in Gujarat work in the remote and arid Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region for nearly eight months of the year during the salt farming season. India is ranked third in gross amount of salt produced in the world, behind China and the United States, and the western state of Gujarat accounts for 77 percent of India’s production. (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)

: This picture taken on April 7, 2017 shows Indian salt pan worker Nirmalbhai Jakhodia working in the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region of Gujarat some 180km west of Ahmedabad. Indian salt pan workers of the Agariya community in Gujarat work in the remote and arid Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region for nearly eight months of the year during the salt farming season. India is ranked third in gross amount of salt produced in the world, behind China and the United States, and the western state of Gujarat accounts for 77 percent of India’s production. (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)

: This picture taken on April 7, 2017 shows a ‘Zero Connect’ programme van driving on parched earth arriving for a tent school workshop with the children of Indian salt pan workers in the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region of Gujarat some 180km west of Ahmedabad. The children of Indian salt pan workers, drawn from the Agariya community in Gujarat state, accompany their parents in the remote and arid Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region for nearly eight months of the year during the salt farming season. The ‘Zero Connect’ initiative provides basic education for the children in a joint initiative by the Agaria Heet Rakshak Manch, Digital Empowerment Foundation, Internet Society and Wireless for Communities groups. The initiative runs mobile workshops for the children, providing online access and education materials. (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)

: This picture taken on April 7, 2017 shows Anand Solanki (right), facilitator of the ‘Zero Connect’ programme, and teacher Deepsinh Vanola (top left), with a group of children of salt pan workers during a tent school workshop using an Internet-connected van, in the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region of Gujarat some 180km west of Ahmedabad. The children of Indian salt pan workers, drawn from the Agariya community in Gujarat state, accompany their parents in the remote and arid Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region for nearly eight months of the year during the salt farming season. The ‘Zero Connect’ initiative provides basic education for the children in a joint initiative by the Agaria Heet Rakshak Manch, Digital Empowerment Foundation, Internet Society and Wireless for Communities groups. The initiative runs mobile workshops for the children, providing online access and education materials. (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)

: This picture taken on April 7, 2017 shows Indian teacher Deepsinh Vanol (right), Anand Solanki (center), facilitator of the ‘Zero Connect’ programme, and Bharatbhai Somera (left), district co-ordinator of the Agariya Heet Rakshak Manch, with a group of children of salt pan workers during a tent school workshop using an Internet-connected van, in the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region of Gujarat some 180km west of Ahmedabad. The children of Indian salt pan workers, drawn from the Agariya community in Gujarat state, accompany their parents in the remote and arid Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region for nearly eight months of the year during the salt farming season. The ‘Zero Connect’ initiative provides basic education for the children in a joint initiative by the Agaria Heet Rakshak Manch, Digital Empowerment Foundation, Internet Society and Wireless for Communities groups. The initiative runs mobile workshops for the children, providing online access and education materials. (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)

: This picture taken on April 7, 2017 shows Rahul Chaudhry (right), project co-ordinator of the Digital Empowerment Foundation, working in an Internet-connected van used in the ‘Zero Connect’ programme at a tent school workshop for a group of children of salt pan workers in the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region of Gujarat, near Dhrangadhra, some 160km west of Ahmedabad. The children of Indian salt pan workers, drawn from the Agariya community in Gujarat state, accompany their parents in the remote and arid Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region for nearly eight months of the year during the salt farming season. The ‘Zero Connect’ initiative provides basic education for the children in a joint initiative by the Agaria Heet Rakshak Manch, Digital Empowerment Foundation, Internet Society and Wireless for Communities groups. The initiative runs mobile workshops for the children, providing online access and education materials. (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)

: This picture taken on April 7, 2017 shows Dhvanit Pandya (right on the van), programme co-ordinator for Agariya Heet Rakshak Manch, and Pravin Parmar (left), facilitator of the ‘Zero Connect’ programme, setting up an Internet-connected van for a tent school workshop for a group of children of salt pan workers in the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region of Gujarat some 180km west of Ahmedabad. The children of Indian salt pan workers, drawn from the Agariya community in Gujarat state, accompany their parents in the remote and arid Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region for nearly eight months of the year during the salt farming season. The ‘Zero Connect’ initiative provides basic education for the children in a joint initiative by the Agaria Heet Rakshak Manch, Digital Empowerment Foundation, Internet Society and Wireless for Communities groups. The initiative runs mobile workshops for the children, providing online access and education materials. (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)

: This picture taken on April 7, 2017 shows Indian salt pan workers in the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region of Gujarat some 180km west of Ahmedabad. Indian salt pan workers of the Agariya community in Gujarat work in the remote and arid Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region for nearly eight months of the year during the salt farming season. India is ranked third in gross amount of salt produced in the world, behind China and the United States, and the western state of Gujarat accounts for 77 percent of India’s production. (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)

: This picture taken on April 7, 2017 shows Rahul Chaudhry (left), project co-ordinator from Digital Empowerment Foundation, Bharatbhai Somera (second from left), district co-ordinator of the Agariya Heet Rakshak Manch, and Anand Solanki (right), facilitator of the ‘Zero Connect’ Programme with a group of children of salt pan workers during a tent school workshop using an Internet-connected van, in the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region of Gujarat some 180km west of Ahmedabad. The children of Indian salt pan workers, drawn from the Agariya community in Gujarat state, accompany their parents in the remote and arid Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region for nearly eight months of the year during the salt farming season. The ‘Zero Connect’ initiative provides basic education for the children in a joint initiative by the Agaria Heet Rakshak Manch, Digital Empowerment Foundation, Internet Society and Wireless for Communities groups. The initiative runs mobile workshops for the children, providing online access and education materials. (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)

: This picture taken on April 7, 2017 shows a ‘Zero Connect’ programme van driving on parched earth arriving for a tent school workshop with the children of Indian salt pan workers in the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region of Gujarat some 180km west of Ahmedabad. The children of Indian salt pan workers, drawn from the Agariya community in Gujarat state, accompany their parents in the remote and arid Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region for nearly eight months of the year during the salt farming season. The ‘Zero Connect’ initiative provides basic education for the children in a joint initiative by the Agaria Heet Rakshak Manch, Digital Empowerment Foundation, Internet Society and Wireless for Communities groups. The initiative runs mobile workshops for the children, providing online access and education materials. (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)

: This picture taken on April 7, 2017 shows Indian salt pan worker Puja Ganeshbhai Muladiya (right) along with her sisters prepare for a traditional Garba (Gujarat’s folk dance) as they connect a solar panel-powered music systems in the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region of Gujarat some 180km west of Ahmedabad. Indian salt pan workers of the Agariya community in Gujarat work in the remote and arid Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region for nearly eight months of the year during the salt farming season. India is ranked third in gross amount of salt produced in the world, behind China and the United States, and the western state of Gujarat accounts for 77 percent of India’s production. (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)

: This picture taken on April 7, 2017 shows Indian salt pan workers in the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region of Gujarat some 180km west of Ahmedabad. Indian salt pan workers of the Agariya community in Gujarat work in the remote and arid Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region for nearly eight months of the year during the salt farming season. India is ranked third in gross amount of salt produced in the world, behind China and the United States, and the western state of Gujarat accounts for 77 percent of India’s production. (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)

: This picture taken on April 7, 2017 shows Indian salt pan worker Nirmalbhai Jakhodia working in the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region of Gujarat some 180km west of Ahmedabad. Indian salt pan workers of the Agariya community in Gujarat work in the remote and arid Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region for nearly eight months of the year during the salt farming season. India is ranked third in gross amount of salt produced in the world, behind China and the United States, and the western state of Gujarat accounts for 77 percent of India’s production. (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)

: This picture taken on April 7, 2017 shows a group of children of salt pan workers leaving a tent school workshop with the ‘Zero Connect’ programme, in the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region of Gujarat some 180km west of Ahmedabad. The children of Indian salt pan workers, drawn from the Agariya community in Gujarat state, accompany their parents in the remote and arid Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region for nearly eight months of the year during the salt farming season. The ‘Zero Connect’ initiative provides basic education for the children in a joint initiative by the Agaria Heet Rakshak Manch, Digital Empowerment Foundation, Internet Society and Wireless for Communities groups. The initiative runs mobile workshops for the children, providing online access and education materials. (SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)

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