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You locality has witnessed a number of cases of theft in recent weeks. The local law and order authorities were approached but you find no change in the situation. Write a letter in 100-120 words to the editor of a local newspaper drawing attention of the higher authorities to the problem. You are Ram/Rama 4, Gobind Road, Meerut.

Class 10th English (Lang. & Lit) - Board Papers All India - 2016

Answer :

The Editor

The News Daily

Meerut,

422306

5^th March 2018

Subject- Repeated theft in Gobind Road.

Sir/Madam

Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper I’d like to express my views of the recent cases of theft in Gobind Road. The past few weeks have witnessed more than one hundred theft cases here. Sometimes a cycle is stealing from someone’s veranda or a bike is stolen from someone’s garden. This is not an occasional practice anymore. There are a group of unidentified people who are carrying this process ahead.

The local authorities have been informed about the scenario. A week ago, the residents of Gobind Road gave a written complaint to the local town Police and the Municipality so that the matter is taken care of. But even after the complaint there has not been any notable action from the authorities and the cycle of theft still continues.

If this continues, it will become really difficult to spend life here. This is a major issue now since a lot of people have gone through major losses. There is an urgent need for the higher authorities to interfere into the matter and appoint special forces to catch the thieves.

Regards

Ram/Rama

A responsible citizen

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