Witnessing a number of incidents of death caused due to the use of illegal Chinese 'manjha', the Delhi Legislative Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel on Monday directed the Delhi Chief Secretary Vijay Dev to conduct an enquiry into the illegal use of Chinese 'manjha' (glass coated kite string) despite a ban on it in the city.
A 4-year-old girl had died in East Delhi’s Khajuri Khas area after her throat was slit by the Chinese Manjha.
The victim Ishika Sharma was with her family on a scooter to a temple trip on Saturday.
It is not the only case, a 28-year-old engineer had died on August 15 at Paschim Vihar in outer Delhi after his throat was slit by the 'manjha'.
The illegal Chinese 'Manjha' issue was raised in the Delhi Assembly by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Rithala Mohinder Goyal who alleged that the ban on chinese 'manjha' was being flouted with impunity.
The speaker questioned how the Chinese 'manjha' is in use despite the Delhi Government imposing a ban on it.
"I urge the Chief Secretary to conduct a full inquiry into the issue. Chief Secretary should ask police to inquire how Chinese 'manjha' is being sold and if fine is being imposed (for flouting the ban)," he said in the House.
The Chinese manjhas are a thread coated with glass which is used to fly kite. The use of such glass coated manjha has been banned by the Apex Court.
However, on occasion such as Independence Day the 'manjha' is sold at shops across the city. As per the police report, many lives has lost due to the Chinese manjha used to fly kite during these festivals.