Spurring on population control activities

---

It is fanciful to say that the country's population can be turned into human resources. But the hard realities are that in their present conditions of illiteracy, hunger and deprivation, the people of the country in large measures remain more as liabilities than assets and allowing them to breed recklessly will only add overwhelmingly to the liabilities.
The main instrument available to limit population growth is the official population control programme. But transparently this programme is running very poorly and it needs a complete revamping in all areas . This government ought to give focused attention to much improving population control activities during its tenure.
Tahmina Ahmed
Kakrail, Dhaka.