You have learned from a news article that a real estate company is going to build a shopping centre near your home. However, you think that the shopping centre should not be built there. Write a letter to the city counsellor. In your letter, say how you have learned about the plan explain how it is going to negatively affect the residential area where you live say what you think the city council should do about it

Dear Sir, There is a builder's proposal that has been released in the newspaper about the mall construction work close to our locality.
This
news has a depressing magnitude and we would like to oppose
this
building work.
Initially
, I did not take it much seriously, but I was astonished
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workers already started working at the site and
also
noticed the building map was
also
displayed on the screen. Few people witnessed the same news
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TV
channel
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with a detailed plan.
This
manufacturing would be impacting the local residents and society in many ways, like: kids will not be able to play freely in the park and
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of that all building supplier materials would be blocking the society entrance. In ,addition it would generate
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traffic problems in the future which is somewhere a major concern for the local
residential
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and children. I would request authority to take prompt action and release the stay order to the realtor to halt the construction as soon as possible. I
also
advise not to initiate
such
a massive work closer to any residential area. Your help in
this
matter would be highly appreciated.
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SIncerely, Kamal Singh
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