nagpur coated manjas despite being banned by the national green tribunal ngt are being sold freely on leading online shopping portals while marketing the manja the websites are even using its sharpness as the selling point based on a petition filed by people for ethical treatment of animals peta the green court had issued an interim order last month banning procurement stocking sale and use of not just deadly nylon manja but all types of coated threads as per ngt only biodegradable fabric is allowed for kitefighting despite this different types of manjas are being sold on ecommerce websites like amazonin and ebayin extreme sharp ninecord manja for those who never compromise reads the product description of a manja on ebayin as per the information available 16 such manja reels were sold out on the site for rs320 each from december 23 2016 to january 9 this year slamming the online sale peta has contended that the ngts ban is applicable for online sale too this appears to be clear violation of the court when the websites are stating that the thread is sharp it definitely is coated either with glass metals or some other substances said peta indias government affairs liaison nikunj sharma on amazonin reels of bareilly special 100 glaced cotton manjas are available bareilly manjas are mostly coated with glasspowder which is hazardous as the glaced part is not defined on the sites it is difficult to say what the coating is nevertheless all types of coating are banned said sharma till monday evening only one such reel was left in stock as per the information displayed on the site toi had earlier reported about the business of nylon manja going underground in local markets as sharp manjas are not easily available on ground they are being soldout fast online sharma added tois emails asking for the websites response were not answered peta plans to raise the issue before appropriate forum toi has been repeatedly reporting how sharp kiteflying threads cause serious injuries to humans as well as birds every year while many kiteflyers expressed disappointment over switch to plain cotton thread stating that it is not strong enough for kitefighting peta maintained that safety of lives was more important than fun and adventure of kitefighting by manka behl tnn published on jan 10 2017 at 0727 am ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app nagpur amazon peta peta india national green tribunal ngt homenewsamazon and ebay india