Despite ban, sale and use of manja thread proceed unabated in Cuttack

By Express News Service

CUTTACK: Despite a ban, sale and use of Chinese manja (powdered glass coating) on threads of plastic, cotton and nylon proceed unabated on account of lack of enforcement by the administration within the metropolis. 

Unrestricted and unsafe kite flying has posed a critical risk to folks in addition to birds in and across the metropolis. Thirty-five-year-old Pradip Sahu of Balisukri village beneath Kissan Nagar police station sustained accidents on his nostril, hand and fingers after a dangling glass-coated string curled him at Khannagar on Sunday morning. He was rushed to a non-public hospital in Mangalabag for therapy.

While Sahu’s case is claimed to be the primary incident after Makar Sankranti this yr, as many as 4 individuals have been injured in separate incidents close to Jagatpur, Krushak Bazar, Badambadi and Madhupatna over the last 10 days.

Locals on Saturday rescued a pigeon which was trapped by the manja thread atop a tree in Jobra’s Pareswar Sahi right here. Though each police in addition to enforcement wing of Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) are claiming to have been finishing up enforcement, residents aren’t impressed as such mishaps have recurred regardless of a ban by the administration. 

In 2016, the district administration in response to the path of Orissa High Court had imposed restrictions strictly on sale and use of manja thread and unsafe kite flying after a minor lady died in a mishap close to Telengapentha. 

As per the path of the HC, round 10 protected locations have been recognized by the district administration to fly kites within the metropolis however nonetheless folks continued to fly kites on the rooftops, roads and public locations within the metropolis.
“We had seen police and CMC enforcement wing carrying out enforcement activities on Makar Sankranti day. But none came forward to curb kite flying on Sunday,” stated the residents. The manja threads may very well be seen dangling from bushes, electrical poles, signboards, roofs and boundary partitions and even mendacity on the roads and streets. 

Meanwhile, a 10-year-old boy of Tanla Sahi beneath Bidansi police station died after falling right into a drain within the locality on Sunday afternoon. The boy was making an attempt to retrieve a indifferent kite from the drain when the mishap occurred.

A senior police officer stated a person was arrested on fees of promoting the banned manja, and tremendous amounting to Rs 5,000 was collected from the violators within the metropolis on Saturday.  
 

CUTTACK: Despite a ban, sale and use of Chinese manja (powdered glass coating) on threads of plastic, cotton and nylon proceed unabated on account of lack of enforcement by the administration within the metropolis. 

Unrestricted and unsafe kite flying has posed a critical risk to folks in addition to birds in and across the metropolis. Thirty-five-year-old Pradip Sahu of Balisukri village beneath Kissan Nagar police station sustained accidents on his nostril, hand and fingers after a dangling glass-coated string curled him at Khannagar on Sunday morning. He was rushed to a non-public hospital in Mangalabag for therapy.

While Sahu’s case is claimed to be the primary incident after Makar Sankranti this yr, as many as 4 individuals have been injured in separate incidents close to Jagatpur, Krushak Bazar, Badambadi and Madhupatna over the last 10 days.

Locals on Saturday rescued a pigeon which was trapped by the manja thread atop a tree in Jobra’s Pareswar Sahi right here. Though each police in addition to enforcement wing of Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC) are claiming to have been finishing up enforcement, residents aren’t impressed as such mishaps have recurred regardless of a ban by the administration. 

In 2016, the district administration in response to the path of Orissa High Court had imposed restrictions strictly on sale and use of manja thread and unsafe kite flying after a minor lady died in a mishap close to Telengapentha. 

As per the path of the HC, round 10 protected locations have been recognized by the district administration to fly kites within the metropolis however nonetheless folks continued to fly kites on the rooftops, roads and public locations within the metropolis.
“We had seen police and CMC enforcement wing carrying out enforcement activities on Makar Sankranti day. But none came forward to curb kite flying on Sunday,” stated the residents. The manja threads may very well be seen dangling from bushes, electrical poles, signboards, roofs and boundary partitions and even mendacity on the roads and streets. 

Meanwhile, a 10-year-old boy of Tanla Sahi beneath Bidansi police station died after falling right into a drain within the locality on Sunday afternoon. The boy was making an attempt to retrieve a indifferent kite from the drain when the mishap occurred.

A senior police officer stated a person was arrested on fees of promoting the banned manja, and tremendous amounting to Rs 5,000 was collected from the violators within the metropolis on Saturday.