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Letter to Society

I, a resident of Takshila, Bldg. No XX would like to bring to your notice the sheer inhumanity with which crackers are being bursted in the colony. One would expect that a colony has some rules and regulations, which must not permit the bursting of crackers beyond a certain time limit. For all practical purposes, a 10 O’Clock deadline must be imposed upon those who wish to burst crackers within the colony. It is sheer insanity to permit the people who burst long malas / laddis at 11:30 PM on the main road of the colony.


Presently in our colony, we have around 33 Bldgs each consisting of numerous flats. The people living in these flats range from the young children to the senior citizens. Apart from humans, we also have a healthy population of dogs and cats in the colony.


I have observed, every festival crackers are being bursted without any consideration and no action is being taken against the people. Buildings should instruct their members not to burst crackers such as Atom Bombs, Laxmi Bombs, and long laddis for any occasions, Ganeshotsav, Diwali, Navratri. These crackers are not only made by child labourers, but also cause air, land and noise pollution beyond all limits. As a society, we must do what the Govt. is unable to do to the city. Why should we encourage such acts of insentivity? Is it not within the purview of the society’s management to ensure that appropriate social etiquette is maintained? How are we to ensure that?


At 11:30 PM, today, on 17th October, 2009, a group of 5 boys had lit a long laddi of crackers in front of our building, XXX. Without having to exaggerate, this laddi stretched right from one end of our building to more than half-way beyond the building on our left, XXX. This long laddi bursted loudly for almost 20-25 mins during which time all the people suffered immensely. The physical damages of hearing problems, heart pressure, blood pressure, are immense not only for humans but also for animals. No amount of yelling at them to douse the cracker with water to prevent further harm worked. The fact that it inconvenienced nearly the whole colony made no difference to them. It is high time that such people be asked to go and burst their crackers elsewhere but not within the colony premises.


Our colony once stood for it’s beautiful natural trees, and life, it once stood for the right things. It is time for you to encourage people to move in the right direction yet again.


I hope that you shall take some corrective action and shall give my humble letter some consideration. I only request, that before every festival approaches, simple notices on the society boards, personal one-on-one discussions with all watchmans to make them aware of what they need to police, talks with Bldg. Secretaries to ask them to convey the message to the society members would go a long way in re-creating the aura that Takshila was.

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