write a letter to the editor of the time if india stating your view on the subject of overpopulation
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Population is rising at an alarming rate in India making overpopulation an urgent and important issue. Indians are ignoring the soon to burst-overpopulation bomb. Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi had urged the nation to understand the importance of birth control during his 73rd Independence Day speech last year from the Red Fort.
Prime Minister Modi emphasised that population explosion in the country has and will create various problems for the coming generations. There is a need for social awareness in the country. This article is a small initiative to emphasise the impact of overpopulation in India on world population day which falls on July 11.
According to an American Paul Ehrlich, overpopulation is a situation where a population is in the process of depleting non renewable resources. Human overpopulation is when there are too many people for the environment to sustain with food, drinkable water, breathable air etc.
Scientists suggest that the overall human impact due to overpopulation on the environment is causing overconsumption, excessive pollution, and proliferation of technology, has pushed the planet into a new geological epoch known as the Anthropocene.
With the advancement of science and technology, the mortality rate among humans has reduced significantly and within the last two centuries the population has increased manifolds.