- Discuss the problems of Slums and Urban Waste Disposal in developing countries like India.
Answer:
The slums, jhuggi-jhopari clusters and colonies of shanty structures is a major problem faced by the urban settlements in developing countries like India. These are inhabited by those people who were forced to migrate from the rural areas to these urban centres in search of livelihood but could not afford proper housing due to high rent and high costs of land. They occupy
environmentally incompatible and degraded areas. Slums are
residential areas of the least choice, dilapidated houses, poor
hygienic conditions, poor ventilation, lack of basic amenities, like
drinking water, light and toilet facilities, etc. Open defecation,
unregulated drainage systems and overcrowded narrow street
patterns are serious health and socio environmental hazards. Most
of the slum population works in low-paid, high risk-prone,
unorganised sectors of the urban economy. Consequently, they are
the undernourished, prone to different types of diseases and
illness and can not afford to give proper education to their
children. The poverty makes them vulnerable to drug abuse,
alcoholism, crime, vandalism, escapism, apathy and ultimately
social exclusion.
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