Question

Write a letter to the District Health Officer drawing his attention to the insanitary conditions prevailing in your locality.

Answer 1

Hint: Insanitary conditions are the conditions that are germ-ridden, dirty and extremely dangerous to health. Given below is the format of a formal letter-
1) Sender’s letter, date, and receiver’s address
2) Salutation
3) Subject
4) Body
5) Formal closing

Complete answer:

Let’s write a letter based on the given format-

14, Watkin’s Lane
Howrah, Kolkata
West Bengal - 711101

5th June 2020

The District Health Officer
Howrah Municipal Corporation
Howrah Maidan
Kolkata, West Bengal

Subject- The insanitary conditions of my locality.

Dear Sir/Madam,
This is to attract your attention to the extremely unhygienic and insanitary conditions prevailing in our locality. Watkin’s Lane which is situated near the old bridge is getting dirty day by day.
The roads in our locality are full of potholes and ditches and these have become a breeding ground of mosquitoes, the drains which have been dug and have been left like that are now overflowing with filth and wastewater from the houses of the locality. Even the carcasses of the stray animals are lying beside the roads for many days and have started rotting. Numerous calls to the municipality offices have been made but all go unattended. The garbage lies rotting and smelling in the dumpsters for weeks because the municipal garbage trucks fail to turn up.
This complete negligence of the authorities has made our locality a potential health hazard.
You are requested to look into the matter immediately. A visit to our locality will help you in assessing the situation correctly. I hope you take the necessary actions soon.

Sincerely,
Navita Singh

Note: The letter should define the reasons in detail to create an impact on the officer who reads it.