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Corrective measures needed to control migrant population

Kashmir Times. Dated: 7/13/2018 5:31:42 PM

Dear Editor,
Delhi with a population of 26454000 in the year 2016 is presently second largest populated city in the world after Tokyo (Japan) which in the year had a population of 38140000. But big difference is that projected population of Tokyo in the year 2030 is likely to be reduced to 37190000 while Delhi may than have a much-much increased population of 36060000. Evidently such a big rise in population of Delhi cannot be by natural population-growth alone, but main factor is of migrant population rushing regularly to settle in Delhi.
Central and Delhi governments should jointly look into the big population-explosion of Delhi, and must take corrective measures to prevent capital city of India becoming a living hell for its original residents. Unfortunately all political parties patronize wrong-doings like encroachments because of vote-bank politics, which is the root-cause of migrant population finding easy earning opportunities on footpaths and setting of jhuggis. It was not good that political parties competed in resisting disciplinary action initiated on behest of Supreme Court appointed Monitoring Committee in clearing encroachments on roads and footpaths by traders and hawkers. It should be duty of law-makers to check any further population-explosion due to migrants in Delhi rather than requiring courts to intervene.
—Madhu Agrawal,
1775 Kucha Lattushah
Dariba, Chandni Chowk Delhi.