10 years old girl injured from Chinese string

PHAGWARA: One ten years old girl sustained serious injuries after she got entangled in the chinese kite string being used with impunity by people in Dhayan Singh Colony in Phagwara on Friday.She was brought to local civil hospital where doctor had to stitch at several places on her neck.the condition of the girl identified as Rani was stable now,said treating doctor.

Kite flyers used the string with impunity and were least bothered about the harm said social activist Malkiat Singh Ragbotra.

The ban on the Chinese string should be strictly enforced as it has been the cause of a number of accidents. Offenders should be punished severely,” he said.

He expressed his surprise that every year, a ban is imposed on the sale and storage of the Chinese string in the state. Despite that human beings and animals met with fatal mishaps due to the usage of the same. There is no check on the deadly string. The police should act strictly and raid shops selling the string so that nobody dare engage in the sale of the banned string,” said Ragbotra.

Meanwhile In an eye washing drive against the sale of prohibited Chinese manjha (kite string), The Phagwara police have arrested one persons and recovered huge quantity of Chinese string, on Thursday.