Ahead of Sankranti, Hyderabad Police Commissiner V.V. Srinivas Rao has prohibited kite flying on all thoroughfares and in and around places of worship.
The order will be in effect from 6 a.m on January 14 to 6 am January 16.
The city police have requested parents to advise their children not to fly kites from terraces and roof tops which are not safe and do not have parapet walls. They have also been requested to make their children aware of the perils of chasing kites which are floating through the air after a kite battle, running on the roads and trying to pull kites off electric poles. Cops said that if children are not careful, there could be chances of electrocution.
