Manja News
The festival of Makar Sankranti was celebrated all over the country on 14 and 15 January. During this, people had flown kites in many cities. But this hobby of kite flying took the lives of many people. In fact, many people's necks have been cut by Chinese manjha.
In this DNA report, understand about the deadly hobbies of Delhiites. This hobby is none other than kite flying. This hobby has become fatal because today kite-flyers use Chinese manjha. And this manjha has become an enemy of people's lives.
Delhi shopkeepers will not to sell Chinese manja, kites for I-Day celebrations this year
The shop owners at Lal Kuan are encouraging the sale of locally made items over the Chinese goods
The COVID-19 scare and the India-China border row has impacted the sale of kites this year
On Friday, the apex court had agreed to hear a plea seeking a nationwide ban on the procurement, sale and use of glass powder-coated 'manja'.
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed all state governments to prohibit the "manufacture, sale, storage, purchase and use" of synthetic manja or nylon threads and all other synthetic threads used for flying kites.
Almost a month ahead of Makar Sankranti, a festival that is marked with flying kites, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday imposed a nationwide interim ban on the procurement, sale and use of glass powder-coated 'manja' and other dangerous kite strings.
A PIL has been filed in the Gujarat High Court, seeking a ban on flying of kites during the festival of Uttarayan and prohibition on use of crushed glass to sharpen kite strings, saying it is a threat to the lives of humans, birds and animals.
A three-year-old girl and a four-year-old boy lost their lives after the stray metal-coated kite strings got entangled in their necks on Independence Day.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India has filed a petition urging the National Green Tribunal to ban the use of glass coated thread `manja` which is used while flying kites and sought an immediate ban on it across the country.
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