Awareness needed to check population: Sorake
Vinay Kumar Sorake, Urban Development Minister, said on Saturday that more awareness needed to be created to control population in society. He was speaking after inaugurating a World Population Day function organised by the Department of Health and Family Welfare and other organisations, here.
Mr. Sorake said that ever since the global population touched the 500-crore mark on July 11, 1987, World Population Day was being celebrated.
The population of India, which was a mere 36 crore in 1951 had increased to 121 crore in 2011. Every year, the country was adding 1.81 crore to its existing population. If the same trend continued, the country’s population would touch the 240 crore mark in the next 40 years.
The population of Karnataka was just 1.94 crore in 1951, but it had increased to 6.11 crore in 2011. Poverty, illiteracy, superstition, lack of information, child marriage, are some of the reasons for rapid increase in population, he said. Due to a slew of health programmes, such as Janani Suraksha Yojana, Madilu, Tayi Bhagya, there had been a decline in death rate.
The problems which could arise due to increase in population were shortage of food, water, clothing, land, housing and minerals. It led to deforestation, increase in poverty and unemployment, and reduction of resources for education and healthcare services.
It also led to increase in air, water and noise pollution and social inequality. Slum areas would increase in urban areas and put pressure on civic amenities.
The Hindu - July 12 2015
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