LUCKNOW, July 4 -- The Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Thursday approved a proposal to transfer the much-delayed Jayaprakash Narayan International Centre (JPNIC) project to the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) that has been asked to run the JPNIC and return the cost of construction Rs.821.74 crore in 30 years.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath presided over the meeting of the state cabinet that also decided to dissolve the committee constituted earlier to run the JPNIC. An official spokesman said the JPNIC was allegedly mired in corruption during the previous Samajwadi Party government and will now be completed and operated by the LDA.

The LDA has been granted full authority to run the project on PPP model, define operational procedures and te...