What are the causes of land degradation? What are the ways to solve this problem?
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-The causes of land degradation are:
1. In states like Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh and Odhisa mining have caused severe land degradation.
2. In states like Gujrat, Madhya pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra overgrazing is one of the reasons for land degradation.
3. In states like Punjab, Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh over irrigation is a responsible for land degradation due to water logging leading to increase in salinity and alkalinity in the soil.
-The ways to solve this problem:
1. Afforestation and proper management of grazing can help to some extent.
2. Planting of shelter belts of plants, control on over-grazing, stabilization of sand dunes by growing thorny bushes are some of the methods to check land degradation in arid areas.
3. Proper management of waste lands, control of mining activities, proper discharge and disposal of industrial effluents and wastes after treatment can reduce land and water degradation in industrial and suburban areas.
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