Mumbai Police on Friday issued a preventive order banning nylon manja ahead of Makar Sankranti 2024. The order said that the use of it would be a punishable offence.

Mumbai Police said that it is observed every year that during the kite flying festival, injury is caused to people and birds on account of pucca thread made out of plastic or similar such synthetic material commonly known as nylon manja, these injuries many a times turn out to be fatal causing death of people and birds, and it is therefore desirable to protect people and birds from the fatal effects of the kite flying thread made out of nylon or plastic or synthetic thread.