Question
Mention the environmental consequences of migration.
Solution
Environmental Consequences of migration are mentioned below:
(i)Overcrowding of people due to rural-urban migration has put pressure on the existing social and physical infrastructure in the urban areas.
(ii)This ultimately leads to unplanned growth of urban settlement and formation of slums shanty colonies.
(iii)Apart from this, due to over-exploitation of natural resources, cities are facing the acute problem of depletion of ground water, air pollution, disposal of sewage and management of solid wastes.
