MIGRATION LEADS TO OVER POPULATION AND RELATED PROBLEMS: A CASE STUDY ON BUDGE MUNICIPAL AREA AND SURROUNDINGS

Economic factors play a significant role behind migration of people in Budge Budge Municipal area and surroundings. Due to set up of different industrial units, employment opportunities increases and this leads to migration from different districts and other backward places of South Bengal. In accordance with the industrial growth, education opportunities, transport system and other civic amenities such as supply of water, electricity, market, hospital and nursing homes are also developed here. Due to migration, one of the major problems is housing problem which is very prominent during recent days. This present paper deals with the causes behind migration in this study area and the changing scenario after migration of people as well as the effects of this. In this context some humble measures are tried to suggest in order to get rid of the problems arising due to excessive migration of people.