some people think that government spending on the restoration of old buildings in cities should be stopped. instead they should spend money for housing and road development. To what extent do you agree?

It is argued by some people that refurbishing the old structures in the cities using the public money should be stopped. Alternatively, it must be used for developing residences and roads. I completely agree with the construction of the public amenities over repairing of the long standing buildings.

Firstly

, The growing number of people migrating to the cities for employment are resulting in parallel increase of slums in the urban areas and

this

must be prevented by providing homes

to

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for

poor

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the poor

. Centralised industrial

development

in the cities has given rise to a growth in urban population within a short time. Not only

this

has increased the economic activity in the cities, but inadvertently became a cause for the lack of basic amenities for the industrial labour. As an example, Dharavi, the largest slum in Asia is located in the Mumbai City. Due to the carelessness of the rulers the migrants from rural areas had to live in grave conditions. Poor hygiene and lack of organized drinking water supply in

such

areas, make the residents prone to the plagues and the fire accidents.

Secondly

, the

development

of existing highways and laying new roadway, improve the connectivity of the cities

with

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in

the surrounding areas. The growing industrialization demands

large number

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a large number

of human resources, and better transportation amenities facilitates more and more people

to commute

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commute

to work.

Moreover

,

such

development

catapults the growth in the economy and invites more investors to

setup

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set up

their industries. The rapid

gowth

(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

growth

of Hyderabad is a well known example. To conclude, Investing in the housing and

roadways

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roadway

development

have far more benefits than improving the conditions of the age old buildings.

providing

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Providing

better living conditions of ever increasing labour force and better quality of the roads will increase the economy of the cities.