To protect birds and avoid fatal accidents, the Delhi government on Tuesday banned nylon, plastic and Chinese ‘manjha’ and any other sharp kite-flying thread.
At least two children and a 22-year-old man were killed and a police officer injured in Delhi and NCR due to Chinese ‘manjha’ (kite string), Delhi Police said on Tuesday.
“A lot of injury is caused to the people and birds on account of pucca thread made of plastic or similar such synthetic materials commonly known as Chinese threads,” the government said in a notification.
The government said that kite flying shall be permissible only with a cotton thread or natural fibre, free from any metallic of glass components, used to sharpen the threads for kite competition.
The ban is on the the sale, production, storage, supply and use of nylon, plastic and Chinese manjha and any other kite-flying thread which is sharp or made sharp by being laced with glass, metal or other sharp objects.
Saanchi Goyal, 3, died when a kite string slashed her throat as she was looking through the sunroof of her family’s car in west Delhi’s Rani Bagh area.A 22-year-old man died after he came in contact with the Chinese ‘manjha’ in Nihal Vihar area of west Delhi on Monday, police said.A boy was killed due to the kite string in Tilak Nagar area of west Delhi. Harry too was looking through the sun roof of his father’s car when he was cut by the ‘manjha’.
“A lot of injury is caused to the people and birds on account of ‘pucca’ thread made of plastic or similar such synthetic materials commonly known as Chinese threads,” the government said in a notification. (Inputs: IANS)
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