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Soil Pollution and its consequences

by Honey Mandal | 29-07-2020 16:40 recommendations 0

Nepal is a landlocked country consisting of about 83% of  Mountainous area and 17 % alluvial plains of Gangetic basin.Soil is the main pillar for the food production .According to FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) 95% of our food comes from soil directly or indirectly .But the population of human is increasing day by day due to which it evoke the soil pollution at rapid rate .In United States ,the losing rate of soil is 10 times faster than the natural replenishment rate .Therefore,it affects quality of water ,biodiversity,carbon sequestration and yield in agricultural crops.It takes 200 to 400 years to form 1 cm soil and in case of fertile soil it takes 3000 years to form.It is estimated that 150 tones of wastes are produced from Kathmandu valley in a daily basis.These wastes are thrown on the land and hence it affect the properties of soil qualitatively and quantitatively.If the soil get paved with heavy metal such as chromium and lead,it will induce an incidence such as cancer and leukemia in human.Furthermore,the excessive pollution in soil system affects the pyramid level of food chain and disrupts its function.Enormous use of Nitrogenous fertilizer in soil leads to acidification and improper practice of irrigation causes soil salinity problem.The placement of lithium in soil from the disposal of batteries can cause leaching of essential nutrients.

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This is the picture of my village land ( inaruwa Sunsari Nepal ) Where all urban and industrial area wastes are thrown without any proper management

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  • Asmita Gaire says :
    Greetings honey
    I hope you are doing well
    Thank you so much for this report
    Keep writing
    Green cheers
    Regards
    Asmita Gaire
    Posted 29-09-2020 23:34

  • ALOK DHAKAL says :
    Thanks for sharing about soil pollution and its consequences!!
    Posted 30-07-2020 12:15

  • Susma Thapa says :
    Thank you so much for your beautiful report.
    Posted 30-07-2020 00:05

Sonika Pariyar

  • Sonika Pariyar says :
    Hello Honey!

    I hope you are fine and doing great!

    Soil pollution is one of the major pollution of recent years.Improper use of fertilizer,filling of landfill with waste, dumping of industrial waste are major cause of land pollution.

    Thanks for sharing!

    GREEN CHEERS!

    Regards,
    Sonika
    Posted 29-07-2020 23:15

  • Shreya Aryal says :
    Hello Honey,
    Its good to see about your concern on the pollution happening these days.
    Pollution is a great chaos of these days and approaching for solution and reducing polution is the way to control it
    Keep Writing.

    Regards,
    Shreya Aryal
    Posted 29-07-2020 18:35

  • Paras Kunwar says :
    Thanks for sharing
    Posted 29-07-2020 16:46

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