"The Chief Minister has drawn the attention of MoS in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitaraman towards accidents caused by Chinese 'manjha' and requested her to seriously consider banning its import," an official spokesperson said here.
The state government has directed district administrations to take legal action to prevent use, sale and making of such strings keeping in mind loss of human, birds and cattle lives, he said.
A directive in this regard has been sent to all district magistrates and police chiefs, senior officers of industrial and urban development departments, the spokesperson said.