URBAN LIVING IS
BECOMING MORE AND MORE ATTRACTIVE AMONG THE RURAL POPULATION OF OUR COUNTRY,
BECAUSE OF THE GLITZ AND GLAMOUR ATTACHED TO THE URBAN LIVING.
MORE AND MORE RURAL
PEOPLE ARE MOVING TO THE URBAN CITIES EITHER IN SEARCH OF EMPLOYMENT,
EDUCATION, BETTER LIVING CONDITION OR IN SEARCH OF HIGH PROFILE
ENTERTAINMENT AVENUES.
BUT HARDLY DO THEY
REALISE THE PROBLEMS THE URBAN POPULACE FACES AND THE STRESS OF URBAN LIVING,
THE MASS MIGRATION OF RURAL POPULACE TO THE URBAN CITIES RESULTS IN
OVERCROWDING OF CITIES, WHICH RESULTS IN INCREASE IN DEMAND OF RESIDENTIAL
STRUCTURES AND SANITATION NEEDS, AND HENCE THE COST OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS GO
UP EXHORBITANTLY, WHICH RESULTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SLUMS IN THESE URBAN CITIES
WHERE THE MIGRANTS SETTLE DOWN SINCE THEY COULD NOT AFFORD DECENT RESIDENTIAL
ACCOMODATION.
THE INCREASE IN SLUMS
CAUSES SANITATION AND HEALTH PROBLEMS, INCREASE IN OUT BREAK OF DEADLY
DISEASES, AND MANY OTHER PROBLEMS BOTH FOR THE MIGRANTS AS WELL AS THE
POPULATION OF THAT CITY.
THE MIGRATION OF LABOR
FROM RURAL AREAS TO THE CITY, CAUSES SHORTAGE OF AGRICULTURAL LABOR IN THE
VILLAGES, DUE TO WHICH THE AGRICULTURE OUTPUT DECLINES VERY SHARPLY THUS
CREATING A SHORTAGE IN FOOD PRODUCTS WHICH CAUSES HIGH INFLATION.
THE INCREASE IN THE
POPULATION IN THE URBAN AREAS ALSO INCREASES THE BURDEN ON THE LIMITED
INFRASTRUCTURE OF URBAN CITIES, LIKE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC ON THE CITY
ROADS INCREASED BURDEN ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, RESULTING IN SHORTAGE OF
DRINKING WATER, AND ENERGY NEEDS LIKE ELECTRICITY AND COOKING AND VEHICULAR
FUEL NEEDS, CAUSING NOISE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION WHICH LEADS TO MANY
HEALTH AILMENTS AMONG THE MIGRANTS AS WELL AS THE URBAN CITIZENS.
THUS URBAN MIGRATION
IS A BANE BOTH FOR THE MIGRANTS AS WELL AS FOR THE URBAN CITIZENS.
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