Basant celebrated
February 20, 2021
Rawalpindi: The skies over the cantonment board localities in Rawalpindi were dotted with kites of all shapes and sizes as the citizens violated the ban on kite flying and celebrated the festival on Thursday night and Friday.
Particularly, the residents of Lal Kurti, Dehri Hasanabad, Tench Bhatta, Adra, Defense Road, Tulsa, Bakramandi, New Lalazar, Kiani Road, Dhok Syedan, Misriyal and Adiala Road celebrated the ‘Basant’.
The kite flyers were also using aerial firing freely and listening songs on high volume on the occasion.
On the other hand, police teams arrested 113 violators and recovered over 7,000 kites including dozens of rolls of chemical stings here on Friday.
Prayagraj: Elaborate security arrangements have been made for pilgrims, devotees and kalpwasis ahead of Basant Panchmi snan on Tuesday and the Magh Mela campus has been into a fortress with ATS and STF commandos, and personnel of para military forces also being deployed.
The Basant Panchmi snan is considered a local snan and hence local residents will also be going besides pilgrims, sadhus, and kalpwasis and hence security has been beefed up in and around mela campus.
ATS and STF commandos and personnel of para military forces have also been deployed to keep a strict vigil and tackle any incident.
As part of the religious ritual, five logs of wood as well as cowdung cakes were kept aside to celebrate Basant Panchami, which marks the beginning of the Holi festival that will be celebrated across the country near March-end.