Question

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

Answer 1

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