Many countries want to move factories and big industrial firms out of big
cities and towns and into rural areas.
Do you think the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?
Relocating
manufacturing firms and plants from big cities to smaller towns and rural areas
can certainly address many issues related to excess urbanisation. Although the negative impacts of this issue
should also be given due consideration, I would consider, the advantages of
such a move are much greater.
In the first
place, shifting manufacturing units from cities can reduce pollution in urban
areas to a great extent. To be clear,
the effluents and gas emissions from many factories add to the already polluted
cities and create huge environmental issues.
Whereas, rural areas usually have large areas of uninhabited wasteland
and effects of pollution can be managed efficiently.
Again, urban
migration and crowding of cities can be controlled if more and more jobs are
available away from the city. For
example, many states of India have started Industrial Parks in rural areas and
given tax incentives to companies to set up factories. This has prevented many unemployed youth from
moving to the cities for employment.
On the other
hand, the arrival of big factories can definitely disturb the peaceful
atmosphere of villages and small towns leading to increasing levels of
pollution and congestion. Lack of
transport and other infrastructural facilities may be a handicap for industrial
units as technically qualified professionals and skilled labourers may not be
interested in moving to such places to work in factories.
To conclude,
having considered both sides of the argument, the benefits of shifting
factories to rural areas seem to be a very favourable idea as it can create a
large number of job opportunities for the rural youth and reduce urban
migration to a great extent. Hence, the
minor drawbacks should not prevent governments from going ahead with this
policy.
What do you think about this
essay?
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