LUCKNOW, Jan. 5 -- The health department will now clear the building and power rents of the 108 health and wellness centers in the city, CMO Dr NB Singh has said. Earlier, the bills were cleared by Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC). An order to this effect has been issued. National Health Mission (NHM) had initially sent the budget to the Municipal Corporation. But the payment will be made by the Health Department, as was the practice before, stated the chief medical officer, Dr NB Singh. The health and wellness centres are operating in the city on the lines of neighbourhood clinics. The rent for the buildings and electricity bills have been pending for seven months. As the government had transferred the authority to make payments for these centres from the state health department to the LMC. The budget had also been released to the Municipal Corporation. Despite this, the payments were not being made by LMC, he stated further....