LUCKNOW, Feb. 21 -- The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) has neglected to get 39 modern garbage collection centres constructed, despite issuing tenders for the work in December 2024. This negligence has left garbage piling up on city roads and open spaces.

The project aimed to set up 24 garbage collection centres in zones 1, 3, 4, and 7, while 15 were planned for zones 2, 5, and 8. The corporation had decided to install fixed compactor transfer stations (FCTS) at some locations and portable compactor transfer stations (PCTS) at others. FCTS would have crushed garbage before transporting it to the Shivri disposal centre, while PCTS waste was to be sent directly through closed trucks. The entire project was scheduled for completion by F...