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Some views of Khewra Salt Mountains in Khewra

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Details of Khewra Salt Mines are in below posts. Tourist Resort in Khewra Old buildings of English Regime in Khewra Officers use to be sit here when the work on salt mines started during British regime. Khewra Salt mines Toursit parking A truck carrying salt bricks

Salt Souvenirs from Khewra Mine

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In Khewra different kinds of souvenirs are available and they all made of salt. Different designes of lamps that looks unique in itself. Different kinds of small decoration pieces made wholly of salt An unrefined salt Taj Mahal replica small bulbs are placed inside these decoration pieces for illumination

My visit to Khewra Salt Mines ' A wonder of the World'

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Khewra Salt mine in Pakistan is the world's second greatest source of edible salt. " Wieliczka Salt mines" in Poland are suppose to be the world's first greatest salt mines. For Salt Souvenirs  Click here Khewra Salt Mine is one the most important salt range in the world. Here it is supposed to be twenty million and twenty lakh of tons of salt present .Khewra salt mine range started near Jhelum River and finish into Indus River in kala bagh. In north of the salt mines is situated Pothowar Region in Pakistan. Though these are the barren mountains yet with the abundance of minerals. Salt is the basic while Gipsum and coal is also available here.  An overview of Khewra Salt mine  Offices of British offeciers during British regime I always wanted to visit Khewra mine and finally the day has arrived when i was there with my family. Some things and some places are worth waiting for. It was a bright sunny day of March, when the weather was modera