Question

What is the threat to the natural resources of Punjab?

Answer 1

Land is the fundamental base for most human and natural activities and one of the major natural resources on this planet. Production of minerals, as well as agriculture, depends Page 2 51 entirely on the availability and use of suitable land. In Punjab the following activities depend on land.

Answer 2

The threat to the natural resources of Punjab:

• Punjab is a small state situated in northwestern part of India which consists of a population density of around 582 persons per square kilometers.
• But, recently Punjab’s natural resources are at a threat.
• The changing climate, decreasing rainfall, repeated floods are all changing the vegetation pattern of Punjab. The huge waste generation, construction of buildings, increasing population all are contributing to cause of depletion of natural resources in Punjab.
• Besides these, agricultural practices like no crop rotation, planting same crops over and over again on same soil is decreasing soil fertility.