Question
Suggest any three steps to minimise the environmental degradation caused by the industrial development in India.
Solution
Industrial pollution can be controlled by the following ways:-
- Industrial plants should be set up in distant areas away from human settlements.
- Industries should encourage sustainability and recycling of their products.
- Industries need to take up preventive measures to check pollution such as, treatment of industrial effluents, limited use of ground water, reduction of smoke by adopting certain measures like use of gas or oil in place of coal etc.
