India, Jan. 14 -- The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High court has expressed its strong dissatisfaction with the state government's "episodic and ritualistic" approach towards banning nylon manja, a kite-flying thread.

Directing the constitution of a state-level Special Task Force (STF) to curb its manufacture, sale and online marketing, the court had directed the Maharashtra government to pay Rs.2 lakh each as interim compensation to three victims injured due to the hazardous kite string.

A division bench of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Hiten S Venegavkar on January 9 was addressing a suo motu Public Interest Litigation (PIL) pending since 2020, concerning the continuing menace posed by the manufacture, sale and use of nylon manja. ...