PREPARED BY:SARAIYA. SARANG. H 131070119132

MAKAWANA. KISHAN 131070119143

BHALALA. JANAM 131070119077

JAYDEEPGIRI 131070119121

GUIDED BY : MR. KIVYESH PATEL

SUB: ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES(2110007)

YEAR: 2013(SEMESTER 1)BE MECHANICAL

ENGINEERING

LAND POLLUTION

INTRODUCTION OF LAND

IT IS IMPORTANT RESOURCE OF THE EARTH.

IT IS SOURCE OF MATERIALS ESSENTIAL TO MAN AND OTHER ORGANISMS.

ESSENTIAL MEDIUM FOR DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, VEGETATION ETC….

LETHOSPHERE

THE OUTER SOIL CRUST OF THE EARTH IS LITHOSPERE.

THE LIVING ORGANISMS, PLANT AND VEGETATION ARE SUPPORTED BY THE LETHOSPHERE.

LAND POLLUTION

CARELESS AND UNCONTROLLED DUMPING OF URBAN WASTES.

DUMPING OF INDUSTRIAL WASTES. UNCONTROLLED MINIG.

MISUSING THE SOIL BY HARMFUL AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES.

DANGER

WHO DO THIS? WE…! HUMAN…!

TYPES OF LAND POLLUTION

INDUSTRIAL WASTE

MINING WASTE

SOILWASTAGRICULTUREL WASTE.

ASHES

LAND DEGREDATION & ITS CAUSES (A)SOIL EROSION.

(B)SOIL POLLUTION . (C)SALINATION AND WATER LOGGING.

(D)SHIFTING CULTIVATION.

(E)DESERTIFICATION.

(F)URBANISATION.

LAND USES (1)FOOD PRODUCTION(AGRICULTURE)

(2)HOUSES THE LIVING SPECIES, THE WATER RESOURCES AND RAW MATERIAL RESOURCES(MINERAL & ORES ETC.)

CONTI…. (3)INDUSTRIAL PURPOSE.

(4)RESIDENTIAL PURPOSE.

(5)COMMERCIAL PURPOSE.

(6)WASTE DISPOSAL.

(6)WASTE DISPOSAL.

(7)ENERGY PURPOSE.

LAND USES ON EARTH AGRICULTURAL LAND - 11%

PASTURES AND MEADOWS - 22%

FOREST LAND - 30% URBAN & NON- AGRICULTURAL LAND - 37%

KNOWLEDGE

IN INDIA, MORE THAN TWO-FIFTH(2/5) LAND IS AGRICULTURAL LAND.

THE PATTERN OF LAND DISTRIBUTION IN INDIA.

AGRICULTURAL LAND - 43.6%

PERMENENT PASTURES AND MEADOWS - 14.6%

CULTURABLE WASTELANDS - 12.2%

FORESTS - 10.7%

BARREN & INCULTURABLE - 8.4%

URBAN LAND - 5.3%

OTHER USES - 5.2%

SAVE EARTH, SAVE FUTURE

Jay Swaminarayan