LUCKNOW, May 12 -- Around 1.5 lakh streetlight poles in the city were yet to be inspected to ensure that they did not pose any risks of electrocution and other hazards.

According to a senior official in Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC), about 50,000 streetlight poles have been checked and made fault proof after a citywide survey was ordered on March 6 to identify hazardous electrical installations.

Despite LMC's claims of regular maintenance of these poles, residents alleged that little had changed on the ground even after several people died due to faults in the electrified street poles.

In one such instance, a man was electrocuted after exposure to a live wire at Kanchan Nagar Park in Shankar Purwa last September 1. The incident t...