“Say, No to Chinese thread”, Blind Home inmates urged on feeling pulse of Chinese thread victims
“Say, No to Chinese thread”, Blind Home inmates urged on feeling pulse of Chinese thread victims
Ferozepur, January 22, 2023: On hearing about certain victims of Chinese thread cutting limbs, wings of birds, ear, the visually impaired inmates of Home for the Blind feeling their pulse have given a message – ‘Say, No to Chinese thread” – on this Basant Panchami as Chinese thread menace persists despite ban.
The Punjab police had already cracked down on the sale of banned Chinese thread following a spate of unfortunate incidents during this season but it is not enough against the huge stocking and sales in the open market.
Visually impaired Anil Gupta, Secretary, Progressive Federation of Blind who was also present on this occasion and Pankaj Khajuria, an inmate said, Number of incidents of injuries to persons, children and threat to even flying birds have been reported. We cannot see but we can feel the pulse of victims on the impact of the use of Chinese thread and give a message – “Say, No to Chinese Thread”.
Vipul Narang, a social activist and a regular visitor of Blind Home, today interacted with the inmates about the Basant festival celebrations in Ferozepur.
He said,With the start of festivities in Ferozepur – known all over the world, when friends, relatives, family members settle at any place on this planet earth, plan to come back to celebrate this festival. But they prefer to buy Chinese thread, ignoring the risks involved, which gives them a thrill on cutting kites flying with the normal thread. It is also cheaper than cotton strings. A normal cotton string feel is priced at Rs.300 to Rs.400 for 1,000 metres while one buys 4,000 metres of Chinese thread reel at the same price, said Vipul Narang, social activist.
