March 30, 2024
KARACHI: Karachi Chief Muhammad Saleem Rajput has forced a two-month prohibition on kite-traveling to decrease shocking episodes connected with dangerous free kite strings and guarantee the security of residents, Geo News revealed.
"Under Segment 144 of the Criminal Methodology Code (CrPC), the creation, deal, and activity of kites have been disallowed all through the city from Walk 30 to May 29," the chief said in an assertion.
He said this choice was made because of the utilization of unsafe metal strings during kite flying, presenting huge dangers to the wellbeing of residents.
The magistrate said that eight individuals have been harmed such a long ways because of kite flying mishaps. Late occurrences of wounds brought about by kite-flying metal strings have provoked specialists to implement the boycott.
"Kite-flying can demonstrate incredibly risky for residents, and this step has been taken to protect the significant existences of residents," the chief said.
The regional government, as per sources, trusts that this boycott will prompt a decrease in kite-flying episodes and guarantee the wellbeing and security of the city's occupants.
A young fellow from Karachi was hospitalized following a serious injury brought about by a free kite string in the Azizabad region on Walk 27. As per an assertion gave by the police, the 20-year-old, distinguished as Awais, was riding a cruiser when he became trapped in a kite string in Azizabad.
Essentially, succumbing to the executioner string, a minor kid was hurried to the emergency clinic in the wake of getting harmed by a free kite string while at the same time riding a bike with his dad in the Nazimabad region.
Confronting a comparable threat, the Punjab police have likewise bent over their clampdown on kite-flying across the territory following the grievous demise of a young fellow in Faisalabad under comparable conditions.
These episodes impelled Punjab Boss Priest Maryam Nawaz to bear down on the creation, deal, and acquisition of synthetics used to make kite-flying strings that carry on like extremely sharp edges and can kill individuals.
