Kite flying won’t be allowed on busy roads, rooftop in Cuttack

Cuttack

Kite flying in Cuttack will not be allowed in busy thoroughfares or on rooftops and only in less populated open spaces like riverbed with the administration deciding to take tough action against use of synthetic glass powder coated thread, three days after the death of a child.

We have decided to come down heavily on the trade and use of plastic manja string used for kite flying and a special squad would be formed soon to confiscate the killer string after sensitising the people about it , District Collector N C Mishra said.

The DC earlier presided over a deliberation participated by people from all walks of life.

School and college teachers have been asked to sensitise the students not to fly kites on rooftops or in roads passing through busy localities and marketplaces.

The district administration s move came three days after the tragic death of a six-year-old girl, who apparently died after her throat got slit by a snapped plastic manja string while she was travelling in a motorcycle with her father on the outskirts of the city on Sunday.

The city had witnessed several similar mishaps earlier.

Earlier in the day, a group of school students took out a rally in the city and marched towards the Purighat police station shouting slogans and holding banners in protest against kite flying.

PTI