Residents allege official apathy after downpour clogs Lucknow roads

The relentless rains in the city on Sunday and Monday left the residents of housing societies fuming as many complained of water leaking from roofs, sewage-clogging and water-logging in their areas. They alleged that the civic authorities were apathetic to their problems.

The boundary walls of Sulabh Awas Yojana buildings on Kanpur Road and Kursi Road collapsed as a result of incessant rains on Monday morning, said resident welfare associations (RWA) of the two societies. “The most serious issue is of roof leakage; whenever it rains heavily for a few days water begins to drip from the ceilings. Most of the flats have this issue,” said Shashi Kant Shukla, the RWA secretary of the building on Kanpur Road.