Every year millions of people move from the countryside to the city putting increasing strain on the urban environment. What do you think are the causes of this? What solutions can you suggest?

In the past decade, urbanisation has increased significantly. With each passing year, our

cities

are becoming more and more crowded which is putting a lot of pressure on the urban resources.

This

essay will elaborate on the possible causes for the migration and will outline actionable solutions for the same. There are primarily two key reasons for

this

movement.

Firstly

, it is believed that the urban towns or the metro

cities

provide better employment opportunities, which is

also

true to a larger extent. Not only that, even the pay levels are significantly higher in developed towns. Gurugram,

for instance

, has become a hub of Multi-National Corporations in a very short span of time, and

people

from the nearby small towns have migrated to the metropolitan for better career prospects. Another reason is the presence of better schooling and healthcare facilities. Since every person wishes to provide a safe environment to their family and hope that their kids have a better future, they prefer to live in

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close proximity to these amenities.

Although

there are several reasons for

people

flocking the metropolis, there are some solutions to alleviate

this

problem.

First

of all, the government should work on the development of rural areas, and one way is to create a special economic zone in these places. It will eventually attract various companies to set up their offices or industries, which will

subsequently

generate employment, make

people

financially stable and improve the living standard of that community as a whole.

In addition

to

this

, the government should utilize tax-payer's money to provide better educational and medical facilities in every town or village in the country, irrespective of the level of commercialization at that place. Delhi government,

for example

, has started a concept of community clinics in and around the suburbs of the National Capital Region, which has solved many health-related issues for the

people

who earlier could not even afford their basic treatment. In conclusion, undoubtedly, nowadays, many

people

prefer to leave their hometown in the countryside and move to the concrete jungle, urban

cities

. The more

people

migrate to metro

cities

, the higher the strain on their infrastructure. There are,

however

, a few government-led initiatives which can solve

this

problem to a much greater extent and will

thereafter

reduce the environmental and other economic issues in developed

cities

.