Nowadays, entire world is marching towards all types of progress and development. In the name of progress we are exploiting the natural resources to the considerable extent. The main reasons for environmental degradation is different kinds of human activities adversely affecting on the entire survivors on the earth. To overcome the situation new principle is devised i.e. sustainable development. This paper discusses the impact of environmental degradation and the technological plans undertaken to mitigate the long term effects of developmental and environmental degradation.