That India is giving a tough competition to China as far as population growth is concerned is not a secret. The recent census figures of 1.21 billion have for the first time shown that the increase has been much less than anticipated. However even with a marginal increase in the population to an already existing base of a billion people, the sobering thought is that the human density per sq. km has increased.
A case in point is Mumbai which as per the recent census figures has a staggering density of 20K people per square kilometer. So the pressure on the land, water and resources is only going to increase. This also implies that our forests, national parks etc.. will come under increased threat of encroachment. The current state of things is not good and it will only get worse.
Take a look at the cartoon published in "The Hindu". A picture indeed is worth a thousand words :)
(References: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/cartoon/article1592142.ece)
(Image courtesy: thehindu.com)
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