LUCKNOW, Sept. 16 -- Lucknow Municipal Corporation's (LMC) proposal to set up a biogas plant may help the city secure much better spots in the city's Swachh Survekshan rankings. However, the plant's construction has remained stalled, allegedly, due to the civic body's negligence.

Despite a private agency completing some of the initial civil work, the absence of an approach road, streetlights, and other essential facilities is proving to be a major hindrance for the construction activity to pick up pace.

Officials said the project, when operational, would help the city manage its waste more effectively and also generate clean fuel. The plant was sanctioned in July 2023 under a land lease agreement between LMC and a private agency. It had...