Sambhar Salt Lake is situated in

(A) Himachal Pradesh
(B) Karnataka
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Rajasthan

Correct Answer : Rajasthan
Question Asked : SSC Combined Graduate Level Prelim Exam 2002
Explanation : The Sambhar Salt Lake, India’s largest inland salt lake, sits 96 km south west of the city of Jaipur and 64 km north east of Ajmer along National Highway 8 in Rajasthan. It is India’s largest saline lake and made Rajasthan the third largest salt producing state in India. It produces 196,000 tonnes of clean salt every year, which equals 8.7% of India’s salt production Salt is produced by evaporation process of brine and is mostly managed by Sambhar Salts Ltd. (SSL), a join venture of the Hindustan Salts Ltd. and the stat, government. SSL owns 3% of the eastern lake. Sambhar has been designated as a Ramsar site (recognized wetland of international importance) because the wetland is a key wintering area for tens of thou sands of flamingos and other birds that migrate from northern Asia.
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