Formal Letter Writing

Q. The traffic outside your school is very heavy and chaotic.

Write a letter to the Deputy Commissioner of Police(Traffic) pointing out the

danger of such heavy and chaotic traffic in a school zone. Suggest possible
solutions for the problem.

Wing A, Flat 3,
Belvedere Estate, Alipore,
Kolkata – 700 027

December 4, 2010.

The Deputy Commissioner,

Kolkata Police (Traffic),
18, Lalbazar Street,
Kolkata – 700 001.

Subject: Chaotic traffic in the area

Respected Sir,

This letter intends to bring to your kind attention the unimaginable harassment that
the people are facing around my school, due to the growing instances of traffic jams.
We know that the number of vehicles on the roads is on the rise and that there is no
proportional increase in the number of roads. So, traffic jams are bound to happen.
But I do not intend to disturb you with things that do not have an immediate
solution.

It stretches one’s tolerance to the ultimate limit when a difficult situation is

aggravated due to the irresponsible behaviour of a few rogue drivers. The Buses and
autos on this busy road show an appalling disregard for any kind of traffic law. Buses
stopping here and there, autos coming and going through and into every corner and
side of the traffic imaginable, drivers getting into an ugly argument on the middle of
the road etc., cause havoc for the daily commuter. Also, it's a school zone, so it is
even more dangerous for us students who walk in this area.

Auto drivers are presumably above the law for no police officer seems to have the
courage of taking them to task because of their strong union. Please do not mind my
mentioning the passivity of the police officers posted in the area. Some of the leading
newspapers in the area yesterday published photographs of a police officer and a

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 constable smoking (despite the Supreme Court ban) on the Alipore Road even while
the traffic was in the doldrums. Need I say more?

It seems that the concerned officers respond to the call of duty only when some
minister is using a particular road. I hope you do not construe my helplessness as
rudeness.

The most difficult hours during the day are in the morning, when we go to school,
and in the evening, when we are returning back home. There are a total of four
schools in my area, and this makes the traffic even worse. This is due to the private
vehicles that are used to drop us and pick us up from school. I suggest that
measures are taken to create an awareness against the usage of private vehicles.
Personally, I walk up to school because I live only five minutes away, but, the roads
are more dangerous for us pedestrians as there are drivers who try to ride their
scooters from every possible space available on the road as well as footpath.

I suggest that a diversion be created along the road that leads to the school, this
would make the road a bit safer to walk on. I also suggest that a traffic inspector is
assigned to manage the traffic, as the absence of one creates a complete chaos every
day on the road.

We have faith in the Police Department and fully understand that there are some
dedicated officers who are working day and night to ensure our safety in every
sphere. With all due respect to them, I believe that the Police Department needs to
pull up its socks to combat the menace of nuisance drivers who aggravate the
problem of traffic jams in our city.

Thanking you in anticipation,

Yours sincerely,

Vinay Bora

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