Lucknow, Dec. 31 -- Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) has once again come under scrutiny after it figured among the worst-performing municipal bodies in the state.

In the monthly ranking of the Integrated Grievance Redressal System (IGRS) for November, Lucknow secured the fourth spot from the bottom of the list.

Only Moradabad, Ayodhya and Varanasi performed worse than Lucknow. Kanpur Nagar was placed a spot higher than Lucknow. What has further embarrassed the civic administration is the fact that several smaller cities and districts have fared better than Lucknow. The top performers for November were Prayagraj, Shahjahanpur and Ghaziabad. Officials attributed their better performance to regular monitoring of complaints, stricter acc...