Question Q19GS1GS1
With 35% of population living in urban areas, metropolis have become cesspoll of degradation and causing multiple ills.
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
Paragraphs