Suggest any three steps to minimise the environmental degradation caused by the industrial development.
Steps to minimise the environmental degradation :
- Overdrawing of ground water reserves by industry where there is a threat to ground water need to be regulated legally.
- Particular matter in the air can be reduced by fitting smoke stacks to factories.
- Smoke can be reduced by using gas instead of coal in factories.
- Machinery and equipments can be fitted with silencers to prevent noise pollution.
- Generators should be fitted with silencers.