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The remaining 3,000 acres are owned by about 900 individual licensees affiliated to Vedaranyam Small and Medium scale Salt Producers' Federation.February to July is the usual season when salt production is at its peak. TRICHY: The truck operators’ indefinite strike, which began on Friday, has brought the movement of tonnes of salt to a grinding halt in Vedaranyam in Nagapattinam district . However, due to truck operators' strike, producers are forced to incur a loss as thousands of tonnes of salt is lying in the salt pan, Secretary of the federation V Senthil said.“We consign around 100 trucks of salt on daily basis to various places across the country. If we do so, around 10,000 workers would lose their work as well as the wages”, he added. As there was no rain during this period this year, production was much better as compared to the last few years..