Ludhiana, January 13: Kite-flying was on in full force in the city today to mark the Lohri celebrations. But the way city residents pursue the sport, it seems no less than a daredevil sport. Egged on by the bright sunlight, kite-lovers stayed on rooftops almost the whole day long — the higher the better.

Shouts of bo kata accompanied by loud music could be heard in various parts of the city. Thankfully, no major accident was reported despite the overdose of this passion, which comprises of not only flying kites but spotting them and capturing them too. And age no bar either — older people are found to be more passionate about kite-flying than the children. And girls have taken to the sport with much enthusiasm.

Boys and girls can also be seen crowding road dividers and the crossings, flying their kites. Ironically, at some places children could be seen flying kites at busy intersections, but the traffic policeman did not stop them from pursuing the sport there.

Said Dinesh, a 12-year-old who works in a small dhaba near Aarti Chowk, ‘‘This entire roundabout his my kite-flying space. Whenever I get a little break from my work, I come here and start flying kites.’’ But isn’t he scared off falling off the roundabout, into the busy traffic. Dinesh gleefully tells you, ‘‘Kuch nahi hoga.’’ (Nothing will happen).

And kite-lovers merrily run across busy roads too, in pursuit of those kites that they are able to catch hold off. This, however, leads to much trouble for commuters, who are left aghast when a child gazing at the sky just runs into the road . Says Bhupinder Singh, who owns a printing press near Gill Road, ‘‘So many times, people simply ran into the road, their gaze fixed at the sky. I had to brake very hard to avoid an accident, for no one would have believed me later that the accident did not take place because of my negligence,’’ he complains.