Population explosion
Guardian.co.uk
One hundred forty million people in one hundred forty-seven thousand square kilometres of land is beyond the carrying capacity of the land by any measure. The density of 950 persons per square kilometre is unprecedented in this earth. Land, ecology, climate and society are vitiated and becoming unliveable with an expanding sea of humans. But there is still no let up. Every day 5500 new mouths are added to the existing stock of people, leading to around 22 lakh additional humans each year. The annual budget is not concerned with population activities, though this is the number one problem of Bangladesh. Our development focus, governmental attention, NGO activities should now prioritise population planning activities rigorously to save Bangladesh from catastrophic consequences.
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