The project under construction in my neighbourhood is a fourteen-storey building. It includes a hotel, a condominium and a shopping complex. This commercial building is being erected across the street from my house. It is located right in the middle of our pleasant residential area.
The project is a gigantic one. It occupies an area ten times the size of my house. A row of pretty Pine trees was chopped down to accommodate the new building. The small road that I used to take as a short cut to school has disappeared.
Every day lorries and bulldozers go to and fro carrying building materials. They leave behind a trail of mud on the road. Two huge cranes can be constantly seen behind the rickety fence enclosing the construction site. At least three piling machines are operating there. The cement mixers are always parked outside the construction site on the road. It is very difficult for the residents living around here to enter or leave their own houses.
Foreign workers have been employed to work on the project. They live in shelters which are makeshift huts on the site. The conditions there are unhygienic. The drainage system is very poor and there is stagnant water everywhere. Since the construction started, mosquitoes and flies have become a serious problem in our neighbourhood.
The whole place has been turned into a nightmare of dirt and noise. Clouds of dust and ash are released from the construction site when work is going on. The surrounding drains are always clogged up with sand and refuse. The air at the site smells bad all the time. Dust travels from the site and settles on our vehicles, floor and furniture and even our food, if left uncovered. The noise of the pounding, drilling and churning is deafening. We have to put up with this noise from dawn to dusk. Work goes on six days a week. It is only on Sundays that the site is quiet.
This construction will take months to complete. Meanwhile, we have to endure the noise and pollution. In addition, this construction site is a health hazard. Our neighbourhood will never be the same again!
gigantic very big
unhygienic insanitary