Lahorites welcome New Year with aerial firing
All main roads of Lahore were choked due to heavy influx of vehicles.
LAHORE (Dunya News) - In a clear violation of orders by the government, Lahorites celebrated the start of the New Year with aerial firing in every nook and corner of the city, Dunya News reported.
As the clock turned to the first day of the year, groups of bikers came on roads. They started wheelies and eve-teasing. People also resorted to aerial firing from the rooftops of their houses in different parts of the city.
Hundreds of youngsters and families gathered on major arteries of the provincial metropolis to celebrate New Year’s night. The Mall, Allama Iqbal Road, Canal Road and Bahria Town roads were choked due to heavy influx of vehicles.
Youngsters ‘celebrated’ the occasion by removing silencers of their motorcycles, other people also played blaring music in their cars. City traffic police, Dolphin and PERU kept on patrolling the roads to maintain flow of traffic and law and order.
Despite ban on aerial firing, dozens of people resorted to it in different localities. Fireworks and aerial firing were carried out especially in the Walled City. However, no loss of life or injury to anyone was reported till the filing of this report.
