Hyderabad: Kite-flying in religious places and thoroughfares have been banned by the police from January 14 to 15 on the occasion of Makar Sakranti. 

Police commissioner Anjani Kumar, in his order, advised people not to fly kites or allow their children to run on roads or climb electric posts to collect tangled kites. He said, ''In order to maintain law and order, peace and tranquility and to prevent incidents of breach of peace and accidents that are likely to occur, kite-flying is regulated during the celebration of Sakranti festival in the Hyderabad city from January 14-15.''