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Question
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- Is it right that Mama and others have to move because a hotel is going to be built there?
- Who will benefit from this?
- Who will face difficulties?
- Do you know of any people who have faced problems similar to Nandita’s Mama? Talk about it in class.
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Solution
- If they were not the owner of the land, then it is right. But the Government should also ensure that the poor get affordable houses.
- The owner of the land and hotel will be benefited from this.
- People like Nandita’s Mama will face difficulties.
- Yes, I know several peoples who had to face- similar problems like Nandita’s Mama. They have to move to new places because of the construction of a new road.
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