LAHORE: Basant day being celebrated in Lahore with great fanfare and enthusiasm as the sky splashed with colorful kites and the environment was ringing with chants of ‘BoKata’.

People have made arrangements on rooftops of their houses to celebrate the spring festival.

The sky was cloudy and it was drizzling like the yesterday. People were leaving homes to enjoy the festival day at entertainment places.

Security was beefed up in the city on Basant, as police was guarding rooftops, streets and roads of the city. Hospitals have been alerted with special arrangements to meet any emergency.