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Prateek JoshiAIR 1· 2024

Question Q19GS1GS1

With 35% of population living in urban areas, metropolis have become cesspoll of degradation and causing multiple ills.

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Main Body

Unplanned Urbanization causinguses

1Poor social infrastructure to support high population influx.

(EX): Congested Roads.

2Sanitation issues consistent across all metropolis.
3Reclamation of natural lakes car depleting groundwater table

(EX) <- Bellandur lake in Bengaluru.

4Poor supply of drinking

water leading to disease like hepatitis etc cholera etc.

Unplanned Rural-Urban Migration causing ills

1Population pressure causing strain on already defunct infrastructure.
2Migrated sweals end up as being footloose labour -> Poor security benefits.
3Failure of income generation in metropolis leads towards crimed for survival.
4Poor & expensive housing leads to people migrant relegated to inhumane slums
103 words10 paragraphs
  • Use of specific case study (Bellandur lake)
  • Clear enumeration of problems
  • Good examples provided

Topper

Prateek Joshi

AIR 12024

Subject & Paper

GS1GS1

Topic

Salient features of Indian Society, Diversity of India

Urbanization, their problems and their remedies

Urban degradation and multiple ills

Writing Stats

103

Total words

10

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