TL-KITEFLYING BAN

Kite-flying banned during Sankranti festival in Hyderabad

Hyderabad, Jan 11 (PTI): Kite-flying in

religious places and thoroughfares have been banned by the

police here from January 14 to 15 on the occasion of

Sankaranti festival.

Police commissioner Anjani Kumar, in his order,

advised people not to fly kites or allow their children 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 accident that are likely to occur, kite-flying is

regulated during the celebration of Sankranti festival in the

Hyderabad city from January 14-15.''

The police official said parents must advise their

children not to fly kites from terraces which do not have

parapet walls to avoid any untoward incident.

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