EGH bans manjha threads

WILLIAMNAGAR, March 20: The District Magistrate of East Garo Hills, Jagdish Chelani, in an order imposed Section 144 of the CrPC and has hence prohibited the manufacture, sale, storage, purchase and use of Chinese manjha, nylon, synthetic or glass-coated thread for kite flying in the district.
According to the order, the use of Chinese manjha, nylon, synthetic or glass-coated threads for kite flying is posing serious threat to humans and environment and several accidents have reportedly been taken place in the past due to use of these threads.