LAHORE – Dher Pindi, a village located near the Allama Iqbal International Airport, Lahore , has been converted into rainbow village under the initiatives of Commissioner Lahore as a “Sohna Lahore” project in Lahore city.
Almost one-kilometer village wall, outer facade of all 127 houses and Minarets of the Dher Pindi village have been painted completely with seven colors of the rainbow.
Commissioner Lahore, Zulfiqar Ghuman also inaugurated and completed the Rainbow village of Dher Pindi by painting one remaining wall.
The district administration never asked the people what colour they might want for their house.
“They looked weird,” said Lahore Commissioner Zulfiqar Ghumman. “Now you can see the difference.”
The only problem is that the people who actually live there are unhappy with the decision imposed on them.
Talking to local media, one young resident of the village said, “It should have been a decent colour that everyone would see and not object to. But look, there are multiple colours here.”
Another man said they did not like these colours at all. “Don’t know what kind of colours they have chosen.”
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It seems that the administration didn’t consider the involvement of community in the decision making process of the project.
Some people even said that instead of painting our houses and beautifying our villages, we should have been given the facilities that we do not have. That would be better than painting houses.
As part of the Sona Lahore project, the officers said more katchi abadis (slums) would be painted. Earlier, Liberty Roundabout was given the same treatment.
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