Riyad
FULL MEMBER
- Joined
- Jul 30, 2015
- Messages
- 1,525
- Reaction score
- -5
- Country
- Location
Noida: After Mahagun Moderne mob violence, society bans ‘Bangladeshi’ maids
In the backdrop of the mob violence on Wednesday morning, the residents of the Mahagun Moderne in Sector 78 have decided not to allow ‘Bangladeshi’ domestic helps in the society.
noida Updated: Jul 13, 2017 10:53 IST
Sohil Sehran
Hindustan Times
Residents said most inhabitants of Mahagun Moderne used to get domestic helps through the security guards, who knew the maids. (Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)
In the backdrop of the mob violence on Wednesday morning, the residents of the Mahagun Moderne in Sector 78 have decided not to allow ‘Bangladeshi’ domestic helps in the society.
As the society has no residents’ welfare association (RWA), the decision of debarring the maids was taken by the ‘active residents’ of the society. Facility management was informed about the decision which in turn issued a notice.
Read | Mayhem in Noida’s Mahagun Moderne society after maid is ‘beaten up’
Residents said that the society has 2,750 flats in its 16 high-rise and four low-rise buildings. Ninety percent of them are occupied. Many houses have Bangladeshi domestic helps.
“Every individual in the society is scared after Wednesday’s incident. There is no way they can trust the Bangladeshi domestic helps anymore. We will clear their dues and take the help of an agency that provides domestic helps. Children were frightened to see the ugly situation,” said Dr Amit Sachdeva.
Photo: PTI Over 300 people have been booked for violence and stone-pelting by Noida police
Noida mayhem: Everybody had a free run in the upscale gated society. Only the cops looked like mute spectators.
Watch video! pic.twitter.com/IrZzHrAPbv
— Anupam Thapa (@anupamthapa) July 13, 2017
Residents also said most of the inhabitants used to get domestic helps through the security guards, who knew the maids.
“As a standard practice, we used to give forms to the maids and tell them to get them verified from the police. After verification, entry passes were issued. There is record of the entry and exit of society visitors and the helps. None of us knew such a situation would arise. Those who pelted stones work only in this society and it shows none of us are safe. It can happen to us also,” said Brijesh Singh, a resident.
However, after the situation was brought under control, some residents tried to give entry to the maids, but were stopped. Residents said they will contact an agency that can assure safety.
Noida: Security guards of Mahagun Mordene society in Sector 78 fighting pitched battle with villagers.@HTNoidaGzb @htTweets pic.twitter.com/8Mndg4f3y7
— Sohil Sehran (@SohilSehran) July 12, 2017
“We want the police and administration should intervene into the matter. In future, this will become a culture in Noida and residents will have no say. From rape to assault, every allegation was levelled against the residents of our housing society. Every person on the side of the maid has their own version. This can turn dangerous,” said Vibhuti Chaudhary, a resident.
Meanwhile, Abdul Sattar, husband of Zora Bibi, who was allegedly beaten up and held at the employer’s house, said people in his community were perturbed as his wife was missing. They had only gone to enquire about Zora’s whereabouts, he said.
“When we asked the security guards of the society, they used batons on us. Everyone was injured and we resorted to stone-pelting in self defence. We were threatened by them that they would kill us. We know the chaos would make the women jobless, but oppression cannot be tolerated by anyone in the society,” said Sattar.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/noida...ob-violence/story-ELWkY6qKRDXHPJQc2S9D6L.html
Consequences of high population density in Bangladesh
Nawazeesh Muhammad Ali
| প্রকাশিত : ০৪ জুলাই ২০১৭, ১০:৫৯
34 0 2 2 0
Bangladesh is one of the most populous country in the world, with a population of approximately 16.2 Crore(Source: Internet).Bangladesh may not be able to get the benefit of demographic dividend. Rather if population cannot be propely utilized it may be population bomb.Out of around 200 countries in the world our country ranks 8. But even worse than this is the case of population density. The top 5 countries are aamong the biggest countries in the world. China, USA, Brazil, India and Indonesia are the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th and 14th biggest countries in te world respectively, accumulated to support such a huge population. Bangladesh according to size is only the 92nd! The population of Bangladesh has more than doubled from 7.6 Crore in 1974 to 16.2 Crore in 2017. Pakistan and Nigeria are 3 times are larger than Bangladesh. Infact our small country has a bigger population than the biggest country in the world Russia, here is a comparison between Russia and Bangladesh in size:
It is astonishing and outrageous to imagine that the small green region (our own country) has a bigger population than the orange region, the biggest country in the world (Russia)! This means only one thing, Bangladesh has a large population for a very small area, and is the most densely populated country in the world. The table below compares the top 10 most densely populated countries in the world, and our country unfortunately ranks no 1:
Pos.
This is most evident in Dhaka’s ever increasing traffic congestion. On a personal experience, at an average day it takes over 2 hours (sometimes even 3 hours0 to go from Dhanmondi to Gulshan, due to the severity of the traffic jams, whereas covering the same distance in Calcutta, India takes around 10 minutes, even in the busiest days. Dhaka is slowly overtaking Mumbi, the most densly populated city of India. As more people migrate to Dhaka City, and buy new cars, the situation is getting worse day by day and it is one of the most important factor that has been used to name Dhaka as the 2nd most unlivable city in the world.
Traffic Jams in Dhaka City.
Traffic Jams is one of the most severe impact of the high population density but it is not the only impact. There are several other impacts of over population in Bangladesh, but first lets identify the causes and do a cause and effect analysis:
Causes of High population Density in Bangladesh:
- High birth rate in the 1970s, 80s and 90s and lack of family planning measures during that period (1972-1999).
- Partition of Bengal in 1947. Bangladesh became one of the smallest countries in the world after losing the entire region of West Bengal to India.
- Illiteracy: A large number of people in Bangladesh are illiterate. Because of it they are not aware about the affects of increasing of population. They take many children in their married life.
- Social & Religious superstition: Social and religious superstition are the major causes of over population in rural areas
- Early marriage & polygamous: From many years early marriage and polygamous are practicing in rural society in Bangladesh which is very responsible to increase population.
- Poverty: Large numbers of people in Bangladesh are living under poverty line. They are deprived from many opportunities of life. They have need for money. They believe, more children earn more money. So they procreate more children in their married life.
- Agricultural economics: Bangladesh is an agricultural country. Economics of Bangladesh depends on agriculture. For helping in agricultural activities farmers take more children. For this reason the increasing rate of population is increasing.
Effects of High Population Density of Bangladesh:
- Traffic Congestion: As I already mentioned this is the most evident and visible.
- Food problem: In consistence with the theory of famous economist Thomas Malthus, Population in Bangladesh is increasing by geometrical progression. But the agricultural production is increasing by arithmetical progression. The production of food cannot keep pace with our increasing people. So this will cause ashortage of food in our country. Every year a large quantity of food is to be imported from abroad.
- Communication problem: there are crowds everywhere in buses, trains, bazaars, schools, colleges etc. People climb on the roof of the buses and trains to travel one to another as there is no room inside. This causes the accident.
- Educational problem: It creates educational problem too. It is a big job to get admission in school and colleges. For twenty seats, there may be two thousand candidates.
- Unemployment:In the field of employment this condition is hazardous. For one single vacant post there will be thousand candidates. Thousands and thousands of people are out of work in the country.
- Shelter problem:The area of Bangladesh is too small to arrange shelter for the large number of population. In our country some people sleep under the open sky, under the large tree, at railway station.
- Health problem:Health is wealth, but our people are suffering
- from many diseases. Many children of our country are blind because they do not get enough nutrition. Our children often suffer in diarrhea.
- Environmental pollution: The increasing people pollute our environment by making latrines on the bank of rivers and canals. Human waste pollutes our environments. The vast population also produces so much carbon-dioxide which is danger for the environment.
- Family Planning (no more than 2 children)
- Education for the underprivileged
- Awareness through advertisements and other media about the ill effects of overpopulation
- Stopping Early Marriage
- Higher household taxes
Bangladesh is described as a role model for its success in economic development, and fulfilling goals like the MDGs and SDGs. But despite all this, the inevitable adverse effects of high population density will hold Bangladesh back, and if the present scenario persists and no proper step is taken to stop the progress of the high population density, than the economy by 2050 will most likely inevitably collapse. Following China’s example I have two radical recommendations to avoid this crisis and achieve a better Bangladesh:
- Implement a one child policy like China, and by default those who violate it should be taken to jail or have to pay fine for the rest of the life and have one of their children forcibly taken away to government custody.
- Increase the number of capital punishment sentences for prisoners, as to follow China’s example and execute at least 1000 prisoners each year.
Studying Master in Development Studies, AIUB
http://www.dhakatimes24.com/2017/07/04/39038/Consequences-of-high-population-density-in-Bangladesh
