Population Issues

Hi friends hope you are all fine. Well, I m not so good and nor is the sudden chill in the air doing any good to my health. Hey, these things can wait so let’s talk about them later. As I said in my earlier post, today I will talk about the population trends of Bangladesh and what it is estimated to be…
Dhaka’s population at present it has increased to more than 13 million. On the basis of the current rate of population growth, the United Nations projected that Dhaka would be home to 16.8 million people in 2015 and would be ranked among the top 20 mega cities in terms of population!!! Now, this is only a small part of the game. Not only the population of the capital city is increasing in an alarming pace, but the population of the whole country too is rising at a very fast rate. Though there is a declining trend of population growth in Bangladesh, nevertheless the total population is increasing at a fast rate, and by the turn of the century, it will be about 140 million.
A United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) report said that Bangladesh achieved some improvement in population control attaining an annual growth rate of 1.7%. But the growth will continue till 2050 and only then the population of the country will be stable, but it would be about 250 million at that time.

What will happen then? Some of the major impacts have been given below:
• There will be increased demands for consumption of goods and services that raise over-exploitation of natural resources.
• Degradation of resources and exhaustion of both ecosystems and environment of the country.
• The utility service providers of the nation will face huge pressure as they are already struggling to cope with higher demands for gas, water and electricity.
• The law enforcers will also face serious problems as they are already finding it difficult to tackle crime and disorder.
• The traffic will deteriorate further.

I will write no more today. Need a good night’s sleep; have to go for some last minute shopping tomorrow. I guess most of you are done with all your Eid shopping and preparations. And if you aren’t done yet, do it soon. C’mon guys there are only a few days left! As of me, I’ll leave now…adios…