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How is land degraded by industries? Explain any two methods to control land degradation caused by industries

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Industries degrade the land in the following ways: 

  • Wastes like glass, harmful chemicals, industrial effluents, packaging, salts and garbage makes the soil useless.
  • Mineral processing like grinding limestone for cement industry generates huge amount of dust that settles down on land. It makes land unfit for cultivation. 
  • Large scale deforestation for setting up production units turns land as wasteland. 
  • Construction of roads, housing complexes also degrades land. 
  • The following are the methods that can control land degradation caused by industries. 
  • Control on mining and quarrying activities. 
  • Proper discharge of industrial waste and effluents


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