LUCKNOW, March 11 -- Residents of Aliganj and nearby areas in Lucknow no longer need to run from office to office for municipal work. The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) on Wednesday inaugurated an Urban Facilitation Centre and Zone-3 (Zonal) office in Sector-B, Aliganj, where 16 service counters will handle everything from property tax and water supply complaints to birth and death certificates under one roof.

Built at a cost of Rs.13.11 crore, the three-floor structure stands near the water tank in Sector-B, spread across a campus of about 2,184 square metres with a built-up area of around 1,297.5 square metres.

The ground floor has been developed as a Senior Citizen Community and Recreational Centre, housing activity rooms, a gym...