japanese geographer minamino takeshi puts the dilemma this way. ( takeshi speaking japanese ) translatoras to what is causing the problems of india's cities? basically, it's easier to live in the city than it is to live in the countrysi. so what needs to be done is to make it easier to live in the countryside. if it's easier to live in the countryside, then i believe that india will develop and prosper, and it can achieve some sort of harmony and balance between its urban and rural development. narrator: but for now, informal settlements continue to sprout on delhi's fringes. unless it can slow its population growth and curb rural-to-urban migration, delhi faces ever greater difficulty maintaining a stable infrastructure. as for the rest of the country, india's population is already one billion-- the second largest in the world, not far behind china. people-- they fuel both the hopes and fears of delhi's future. inion ofousia,arina's puon mas and low-income agricultu here, the es he mononmate stdermine harvest outcomes. inecent cades,en s ced derngrultural techni tfortrogenarrator:tpura,