Question

Explain any 3 human activities which are mainly responsible for land degradation in India

Answer 1

• In states like Madhya Pradesh and Odisha,deforestation due to mining have caused severe land degradation.
• In states like Gujrat,Rajasthan and Maharashtra,overgrazing is one of the main reasons for land degradation.
• In the states of Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh over irrigation is responsible for land degradation due to water logging leading to increase in salinity and alkalinity in the soil.
• The mineral processing like grinding for cement industry and calcite and soapstone for ceramic industry generate huge quantity of dust in the atmosphere.It retards the process of infiltration of water into the soilafter it settles down on the land