Lucknow, Aug. 14 -- Lucknow's infrastructure was exposed once again and the claims of officials that areas prone to water-logging had been effectively dealt with, were laid bare, as Wednesday night's torrential downpour plunged large parts of the city into chaos, with water-logging, road collapses, and choked drains sending not just citizens but even the civic authorities running for cover.

The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) ramped up its response from the Smart City war room. Led by additional municipal commissioner Namrata Singh, a high-level meeting was held on Thursday at the Smart City war room to intensify city-wide efforts for waterlogging resolution and sanitation.

"Repeated waterlogging in specific areas requires a permane...