IN a statement reminiscent of US President George Bush's remark that India's middle class was responsible for the global food crisis, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has said that Mumbai's burgeoning population is responsible for the flooding woes of the city. The growing influx of outsiders is not only putting severe stress on the infrastructure of the city, but also proving to be one of the major reasons of increasing floods in Mumbai. This fact has been substantiated by the BMC, which has provided a chart of flood days since 1945.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/bmc-blames-growing-population-floods
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/free-press-journal-mumbai
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/monsoons
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/floods
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/disaster-preparedness
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/municipal-corporations
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security
