IELTS Essay # 17 - Nowadays many historic buildings receive lack of preservation treatment, with some buildings being damaged or even destroyed. Why is this happening? What can be done to change this situation?

Essay # 17

Nowadays many historic buildings receive lack of preservation treatment, with some buildings being damaged or even destroyed. Why is this happening? What can be done to change this situation?

Indifference towards one's heritage or culture seems to be the mainspring of historic buildings being neglected and left to damage. In regards to the vast amount of heritage that every small or big city in the world holds, it is essential that the precious memoirs of the same be preserved and treasured.

Since the last decades, many historic buildings have been subjected to abandonment and vandalism due to thefts, lack of governmental funds and secularization. As the society developed, people started to move forward leaving behind their sense of belonging towards their heritage. Even now, many historic structures that are now surrounded my modern infrastructure, stand aloof and forgotten, with no specific organization to take a proper responsibility for their maintenance. Over time, these buildings and structures start to wear and eventually fall down, or get pulled down.

There is no other say that this situation needs to be salvaged. In our quest for modernization, we must also accommodate our history and keep the buildings portraying that, alive. The problem here is lack of interest and that is what needs to be changed. The most primary thing to do would be making the locals aware and concerned about the significance of the historic buildings, so that people refrain from intentionally, or unintentionally, damaging it. Severe guidelines should be formed by a special committee appointed by the authorities for this specific purpose, and its roles should be clearly defined.

Conducting occasional public events depicting the cause of existence of the historic buildings will encourage people to visit such monuments frequently and develop an attachment for something this consequential for their city. Also, attracting tourists will also add to the funds established for the conservation of such buildings thereby gradually solving the problem of related expenditure.

To conclude, I would emphasize that the people need to realize the importance of being attached and feeling proud of the historic buildings that had been painstakingly erected by our ancestors. It is a very undemanding task to preserve them if we all understand our sincerity towards our heritage and work together to conserve the same.

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