Discovery of Rock Salt dates back to the days of Alexander the Great in 326 B.C. The licking of mountainous surface by the horses of Alexander the Great, who fought battle with Raja Porus on the bank of river Jehlum about 35-40 km away from Khewra led to the discovery of Rock Salt deposits at Khewra, that is a huge and one of the richest Salt fields in the World.
Salt is indispensable to a wide array of Chemical Industry, Textile Industry, automotive and electronic product, as to water treatment, food, healthcare and lots of more alike commodities related to human needs.
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