'Manja' are highly dangerous and may easily cut one's throat, the National Green Tribunal said. New Delhi: Kite strings coated with glass, popular as 'manja', are highly dangerous and may easily cut ...

Banned Chinese kite strings resurface at city events, injuring people and wildlife as weak enforcement undermines a decade-old prohibition Despite the Karnataka government’s decade-long ban on the ...

On Makar Sankranti, Mumbai Police urged people to celebrate the festival with care and say no to dangerous kite threads. They asked people to ensure they enjoyed the harvest festival by flying kites ...

Nylon manja is available on the grey market and online platforms, sold through WhatsApp groups. The NMC and police are increasing surveillance ahead of the kite flying festival and Makar Sankranti.

'Manja' is coated with glass, metals and other sharp materials, making it a danger for animals New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal today imposed a complete ban on 'manja', the string used to fly ...

‘Between January 10 and 14, ARRC received 76 manja cases across the city & PfA rescued 18 birds from these deadly threads’ City-based rescue centres attend 100+ rescue calls over last 5 days, note ...

Three people died, and a policeman is critically injured due to banned nylon manja during Makar Sankranti celebrations in Maharashtra. Incidents occurred in Nashik, Akola, and Nandurbar, where victims ...

Five years after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) slapped a nationwide ban on synthetic-glassed thread (manja), the prohibited goods is still being hawked, listed online, and peddled surreptitiously.

As Makar Sankranti approaches, colourful kites begin appearing in Mumbai's sky. However, using nylon manja or glass-coated Manja while kite-flying can be dangerous. Many birds and animals sustain ...

On the eve of India’s 76th Independence Day, 26-year-old Abhishek Kumar, who ran a tent business in Delhi, was heading to his home in Jyoti Colony on a scooter when a stray strand of Chinese manja, a ...