GHMC, HCL launches awareness drive in Hyderabad to curb banned manja use

With the kite-flying season set to begin in December, the Animal Warriors Conservation Society, in collaboration with the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation and the HCL Foundation, has decided to conduct awareness programmes on responsible kite flying to curb the use of banned manja across Hyderabad and its neighbourhood.

The Patancheru-based organisation has planned a series of sensitisation



programmes, particularly targeting children and youth, at major urban parks in the State capital. 

The first session was held at Indira Park in Hyderabad, where nearly 50 birds were rescued last Sankranthi after becoming trapped in nylon manja. During the programme, about 300 people were educated on the dangers posed by manja, with a live example of a pigeon that lost its wing after being trapped last year.