Congratulations! Delhi is the 2nd most populous city in the world! Sounds as though we are lifting some trophy in the World Olympics Championship! Not! The bomb had already ticked a lot, and it now exploded! Now it’s time for the triage. Looky looky here!
That article talks about two things: (1) Condoms & sex education, (2) migration from other places.
Do you actually believe that a person living in a large city is unaware of the consequences of unprotected sex? If yes, do we know what percentage? Or should we take an SMS poll to figure out that number?
Yet, average people are bogged down by the mental challenges of handling their family, friends and circle for not having a kid. If they are really up to not having a biological baby, there are multiple options available: (a) stay single, (b) get married but decide not to have kids, (c) get married, but adopt instead of having biological children (in fact, the office of CARA, the department for adoption enablement under Ministry of Women and Child Welfare, is right there in Delhi!)
Migration from other places because of lack of opportunities, jobs, and sheer ambition to make it big in a city are also important reasons. While the state governments have to take care of the basic amenities in the rural and towns, and provide moderate growth opportunities, so that people don’t move to the cities, it’s the people who are in the cities who have lots of opportunities to do something about containing the India population.
Why do I say that? Because urban people are mostly (hopefully) educated; they have access to information; they have independence to think through and make personal choices like not having kids; and they have means to adopt children if they wish to, from orphanages and homes,and give them a home.
Delhi Government cannot keep building metro over metro, double-decker metro, underground triple-decker monorail, etc. It’s the urban people who need to take responsibility, if they want to live well in a city state, which is around 1500 sq.km in size (including NCR), but has around 25 million in population. That’s roughly 16700 persons per sq.km, while the healthy population density for India is 197 persons per sq.km.
Remember, it’s not ‘We two, Ours two’ anymore. It’s ‘We Two, Adopt Two’ time!
YOU, yes YOU! Please think about it, and act, or rather not act in the wrong direction!
Resources:
- How to adopt a baby?
- It’s very difficult to adopt! – May be in the past, but it’s getting better!
- Heat and pollution gets worse in Delhi
- By 2100, Delhi summer temperature will be physically unbearable
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