Question

2(ii) How is water logging caused ?

Answer 1

There are many reasons of water logging. Some of them are:

• Inadequate drainage of overland run-off raises percolation rates, which serves to raise the water table.
• The infiltration of river water into the soil.
• Over and intensive irrigation also causes water logging.
• Water seepage from earthen canals continuously adds a substantial amount of water to the subsurface reservoir.