Opportunities of the Thar

• Why is minerals an opportunity in the Thar Desert?

  Produces a range of things from cement to fertilisers and are therefore valuable.
• What minerals are found in the desert?

  Gypsum and Feldspar
• Why is energy an opportunity?

  Solar panels are used for energy, as well as 70 wind turbines in Jaisalmer
• Why is farming an opportunity?

  Irrigation in the Thar Desert has made commercial arable farming viable. The Indira Ghandi Canal irrigates 3500km sq of land
• Why is tourism an opportunity?

  Landscapes & the 120 species that live in the desert attract 10,000 people per year