Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow: A rural city? Read this excerpt on Madras from the Imperial Gazetteer, 1908: ... the better European residencies are built in the midst of compounds which almost attain the dignity of parks, and rice-fields frequently wind in and out between these in almost rural fashion. Even in the most thickly peopled native quarters such as Black Town and Triplicane, there is little of the crowding found in many other towns. Explain the condition of black towiis

Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that fol

1.	Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow: A rural city? Read this excerpt on Madras from the Imperial Gazetteer, 1908: ... the better European residencies are built in the midst of compounds which almost attain the dignity of parks, and rice-fields frequently wind in and out between these in almost rural fashion. Even in the most thickly peopled native quarters such as Black Town and Triplicane, there is little of the crowding found in many other towns. Explain the condition of black towiis
Answer» SOLUTION :The black towns were thickly POPULATED, with JESS hygienic LIVING conditions and with no planning The "Black" arcas come to he symbolised not only chaos and anarchy, but also filth and disease