LUCKNOW, Aug. 21 -- The district administration has directed officials to begin work to strengthen and beautify major intersections of the state capital, to tackle traffic congestion and streamline vehicular movement.

Reviewing the traffic-related infrastructure projects in a meeting in her office, on Thursday, divisional commissioner Roshan Jacob asked the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC), PWD and Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) to speed up work on identified intersections while ensuring strict enforcement on parking and removal of illegal encroachments.

Officials said that the LDA has completed work at AKTU and Atal intersection, while rotary reduction and black-topping at Medical College intersection has also finished. Work is...