police commissioner bans Nylon Manja in the city of Nashik | Nashik News
Nashik: Nashik Town Police have issued an order banning the use, production, sale or storage of nylon manja or any glass covered wire for kite flying given the bird threat , the environment as well as humans.
Those who break the standard face a prison sentence of four months to one year. The ban on glass coated yarn or nylon manja will be in effect from January 4 to 30.
Police Commissioner Deepak Pandey said in the order that during Makar Sankranti, there was a practice of using nylon manja to fly kites. Often the manja is suspended from trees, overhead cables, etc. The birds get tangled in the manja and suffer injuries and may even die. The rate of bird injuries and deaths from nylon manja is only increasing. He added that many citizens and students on bicycles and two wheels also suffered injuries related to nylon manja. Nylon manja does not break down easily and is therefore also a hazard to the environment.
On December 28, 2020, a woman was killed in the city when a length of nylon manja wrapped around her neck as she rode a two-wheeler in the Dwarka area.
In this context, Zone 1 and 2 FADs have banned the manufacture, sale, storage and use of nylon manja, glass-coated wire and other sharp Chinese manja under the relevant articles of the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951.
Those who violate this rule would be sentenced under Article 188 of the IPC for disobeying an order duly promulgated by an official.
The Police Commissioner further stated that those who violate the order issued under certain sections of the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951, may be sentenced to imprisonment for up to one year or one. minimum of four months. The Maharashtra Police Act 1951, an act of any person who could harm the life or property of others can also face the extermination of the city by the concerned DCPs.
Those who break the standard face a prison sentence of four months to one year. The ban on glass coated yarn or nylon manja will be in effect from January 4 to 30.
Police Commissioner Deepak Pandey said in the order that during Makar Sankranti, there was a practice of using nylon manja to fly kites. Often the manja is suspended from trees, overhead cables, etc. The birds get tangled in the manja and suffer injuries and may even die. The rate of bird injuries and deaths from nylon manja is only increasing. He added that many citizens and students on bicycles and two wheels also suffered injuries related to nylon manja. Nylon manja does not break down easily and is therefore also a hazard to the environment.
On December 28, 2020, a woman was killed in the city when a length of nylon manja wrapped around her neck as she rode a two-wheeler in the Dwarka area.
In this context, Zone 1 and 2 FADs have banned the manufacture, sale, storage and use of nylon manja, glass-coated wire and other sharp Chinese manja under the relevant articles of the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951.
Those who violate this rule would be sentenced under Article 188 of the IPC for disobeying an order duly promulgated by an official.
The Police Commissioner further stated that those who violate the order issued under certain sections of the Maharashtra Police Act, 1951, may be sentenced to imprisonment for up to one year or one. minimum of four months. The Maharashtra Police Act 1951, an act of any person who could harm the life or property of others can also face the extermination of the city by the concerned DCPs.