Answer:
The
human activities responsible for land degradation in India are
(i) Deforestation due to mining activities in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh,
Madhya Pradesh and Odisha have caused severe land degradation.
Mining sites are abandoned after excavation work is
complete, leaving deep scars.
(ii) Mineral processing like grinding of limestone for cement
industry as well as calcite and soapstone for ceramic industry generate huge
quantities of dust which falls down on land. This retards the process of
infiltration of water into the soil.
(iii) Effluents as waste from industries have become a major
source of land and water pollution in many parts of the country.
(iv) Over irrigation in Punjab, Haryana and Western Uttar
Pradesh is responsible for land degradation due to water logging, leading to
increase in salinity.
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