Answer: Mining and quarrying can be very destructive to the environment. They have a direct impact on the countryside by leaving pits and heaps of waste material. The extraction processes can also contaminate air and water with sulfur dioxide and other pollutants, putting wildlife and local populations at risk.
LEDC means that a country is a developing country (as opposed to a developed country). This distinction is connected to the Brandt line which divides the world into developed and developing country, and India is south of this line (=LEDC, less developed country). Some reasons for this is malnutrition, high child mortality and short life expectancy.
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