Gujarat HC seeks action plan from Govt to prevent the use of Chinese Manja

Amdavad: The Gujarat High Court on yesterday sought an action plan from the state government on its direction about steps to prevent the use of “Chinese manja” and strings coated with glass used for flying kites.

The Petitioner, said that the high court had on January 13, 2017 given interim directions to the government to take all possible steps to prevent “manufacture, storage and use of nylon threads (Chinese manza) and any other synthetic threads coated with glass for the purpose of kite flying”.

The court’s directions were only on paper and were not being strictly implemented, the petitioner argued and cited an order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on similar lines.

The government pleader informed the court that a circular was issued in 2016 and districts were told to implement it.

“Come out with an action plan for the entire state so that something is done,” the division bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh Shastri said.

“Further such prohibition should be strictly enforced throughout the country to preserve the life of human beings, birds and animals. This is the direction issued by the Apex court. We want to know how they are implementing that,” the court said.

It called upon the state government to indicate what steps it has been taking to implement the order and posted the matter for further hearing on January 6. DeshGujarat