How to Solve the Problem of Slums
by A simple way to solve one of the toughest problems of the world.
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Slums are problem in most of the Asian and African countries cities. Governments fed up of this problem. However, I think there is a solution to this problem. It is quite simple too.
The root cause for all slums is the people migrating to the cities in search of their career and jobs. However, due to lack of monetary funds, they build slums.
People will not stop coming unless and until they are getting jobs.
Then,
What is the solution?
It is simple. Governments must make it mandatory for the employer to take care of his employed people residence. An employer not allowed hiring a person, unless and until he has assured a house for the person. This way the problem of slums eliminated.
However, existing people living in slums can relocated to government made houses while the new people coming to the city without proper place to live can be made to stay at some camps for some fixed period of time, say 2-3 months, giving that person time to look for the job and place to stay. If the person is unable to find job, then he/she has to leave the city and need to go back to his hometown or have to migrate to some other city. Now, the person allowed back to the city only if he/she has arranged a place to stay or has stayed away from city for some time, say 3-4 months.
It has several advantages, as follows:
1) Slum problem eradicated.
2) Number of permanent immigrants reduced, since, after the expiry of required time, the person has to leave the city.
3) This will also ensure a decentralized development of country because with limited number of cheap labor available in city, the employer forced to look outside the city to setup a profitable business.
4) This will bring stability to nation.
5) This will cause increase in per capita income.
Hence, one can see that this idea has several advantages, which one cannot neglect.
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Post CommentKaren Gross
On March 13, 2009 at 1:17 pm
Interesting ideas. I’m wondering about where the people are coming from, and whether it would be possible for them to get jobs where they are. I’m sure that many of the people in the slums wish they had never moved. Perhaps they were farming land that has dried up. The difference between staying in the village where they grew up and where their extended family still live might be as simple as drilling a well or setting up a water pipe line. Just my thoughts.
Jo Oliver
On March 13, 2009 at 1:25 pm
In a perfect country…world… this would be a viable solution. However, the gov in these countries are not going to do anything like this. They are corrupt and evil. You are talking about places where it is often the gov that comes in and mass murders, rapes, robs, etc.. their own people. In fact it is the gov who actually wants these people to live this way. That way their health, resources, and voice for change is so poor and beaten that they can continue to do just what they want.
ur guide
On March 14, 2009 at 12:31 am
HI,
Thanks Karen and Jo for ur views and I very much agree with you both.
Karen as you say with people wishing to have not moved, my idea might be a good platform to give exposure to such people the life in city.
Similarly, Jo what you say is true, but if we stop trying to solve problem, then it can’t be solved. who knows after reading this article some body might try to solve the slum problem as not all people are corrupt. Some one who is in power but need some ideas to solve it.
Anyways, I thank you both for ur kind comments.
With regards,
Urguide
ur guide
On March 27, 2009 at 11:26 pm
NOTE:
All readers are invited to post the link of articles which they think is similar to my above article. I will add those links in my article.
With regards,
Urguide
Francisco Somoza
On March 25, 2011 at 2:06 pm
It would be a great thing, but Companies will create employee slums, will charge larger tax rates from their everyday pay and will leave the person pennyless anyways, i believe the only solution to this problem is to promote the use of agriculture as a place where people can see possiblility in the problem, also take in count many of these people are there because of their religion, race, ideas, ect. prejudice rules in slums and employers are affected by that prejudice, where the employer perfer a white, american worker for the good jobs with good pay, to a latin, immigrant worker.
ur guide
On March 26, 2011 at 7:44 am
Hi Francisco,
The point about employer robbing his own employees is very much a valid point. However, the regarding idea to promote use of agriculture, I am not sure. I do not but many of the young generations with background of farming, prefer city life or non-agri business even if they are well to do farmers. But, yep this experience cannot negate your idea that agri promotion can be a viable and important option. But, i think this option does the talks in almost all countries whether developed or undeveloped. So, i think you might get chance to see its application and results in ur country.
Bye