Overpopulation of urban areas has led to numerous problems. Identify one or two serious ones and suggest ways that governments and individuals can tackle these problems.

Serious issues have been caused in urban areas due to the excess population.

Traffic

congestion

and

Water

scarcity are the two major concerns. Strict policies and rules by the individuals and governments will help to handle these troubles.

Firstly

,

Traffic

congestion

is caused by many personal cars on the road. Many

people

can afford to buy cars due to the availability of low -cost loans.

Traffic

congestion

can be avoided using carpooling as one of the solutions for commuting to work.

For example

, in my company, posters are put up in the canteen, in the lift and in the common areas too to bring awareness and benefits about car-pooling.

Secondly

,

people

must make use of more public transport

such

as metros and buses. Government should provide facilities as bus passes at affordable rates for all classes of

people

. Another issue is the

water

scarcity

that is

caused due to the excess usage of

water

.

People

should make use of

water

wisely.

For instance

, reuse the used

water

for watering the plants, cleaning the driveways. Governments can implement more irrigation projects to bring

water

from other areas where there is an excess amount of

water

to the cities.

Also

, another solution for the government is to make rainwater harvesting mandatory. To illustrate, in Bengaluru and in some other cities, residential apartments adopted already rainwater harvesting. In conclusion, governments and individuals should work together by taking necessary measures to address the

Traffic

congestion

and

Water

scarcity problems in the cities to make the lives of inhabitants better.