Nagpur: City police ordered 60 leaflets of kites from various parts of the city because they used Nylon Manja which were forbidden to fly kites in the last two days.
Commissioner with the police (JT CP) Aswati Dorje told TOI that all of these kite leaflets were booked below 5 and 15 environmental protection laws, 1986.
“No arrests have been made and they are released by strict warnings after counseling,” CP JT said.
Dorje added that the city police did not have a problem with flying kites but using a manja nylon, which was very dangerous.
“Nylon spoiled is being produced for industrial purposes and using it to fly kites is illegal,” he said.
Except for the 25-year-old Tulesh Shahu, who was electrocuted when trying to restore spoiled from the kites which was entangled with an overhead electric wire from the terrace on Friday night in the Vijay Nagar Nagar Timur area, the city did not report incidents related to flying kites or injury from spoiled, said Dorje.
Traffic personnel from 10 different zones on Friday grabbed 547 kites and released several kilometers of Nylon Manja hanging along the road, electricity poles and trees from various regions in the city.
On Saturday, 446 kites were more confiscated.
The highest number of kites was confiscated on Friday from the area which fell below the conscious traffic zone, said DCP (traffic) Awad’s nest.
Here the traffic police led by the Senior Police Inspector Jagvendrasinh Rajput won 137 kites.
Followed by the Sakkardara traffic zone was 128 kites confiscated.
Similar actions were initiated under the Sitabuldi zone (90 kites), Indora (50) and Ajni (25), said DCP.
A total of 12 firovers are closed for traffic all day from 6am to 6pm.
Before opening it for the movement of the vehicle, the traffic police from all zones including Awad checked whether spoiled it hung on the flyover.
Traffic is permitted only after confirming that they are safe, DCP said.
On Saturdays, Dorje and Awad were seen patrolling throughout the city to ensure that motorists, especially two-wheeled riders, and leaflets of kites were not hurt.
JT CP said the city police had imposed two steps of prohibition, including stockings and sales of Manno Manja and couriers from the prohibited synthetic strings, under the City Police Commissioner.
In addition to taking a big catch of Nylon spoiled by Raiding Shops in several regions, the city police have also booked many sellers to save nylon spoiled.
Despite this initiative, many leaflets are seen using a spoiled Nylon for kites.
Anticipating flying kites on Sundays too, Dorje has issued direction to Awad to ensure that the flyover and road remain safe for motorists.
“We have deployed observers (traffic police) on all overpasses that will patrol the whole day,” Awad said.