India, May 4 -- LUCKNOW A fraud has surfaced in Lucknow's door-to-door waste collection system, with unidentified individuals illegally collecting user charges from residents and issuing counterfeit receipts without valid transaction IDs.

The private agency, Lucknow Swachhata Abhiyan (LSA), which manages waste collection across five zones in collaboration with the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC), confirmed the irregularities on Monday. The acknowledgment follows citizen complaints and a subsequent internal probe that exposed gaps in on-ground monitoring.

The agency has launched a detailed investigation and initiated legal action against those involved. Officials said FIRs will be registered based on preliminary findings. The inciden...