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Growing urban population has not only created problems in the urban centres but also it has affected the rural areas. Explain.

Answer:

(a) In 1991, nearly 65% of the total urban population lived in 'million plus cities', with population of one lakh and above.

(b) This trend of concentration of large urban population in big cities is very alarming. This has put great strain on existing resources and services available in the cities such as power, sanitation water supply, health problems, transport, etc.

(c) The situation in rural regions is also deteriorating. The landless farmers are migrating. Urbanisation reduces forest cover as well as cultivable land. It leads to ecological imbalance or environmental pollution. The rural areas further deteriorate.

(d) Agriculture suffers from disguised unemployment. This shows the lack of demand for labour in primary section.                                                         (Any three)