India, Oct. 31 -- LUCKNOW Differences between mayor Sushma Kharkwal and municipal commissioner Gaurav Kumar were out in the open during the Lucknow Municipal Corporation's (LMC) executive committee meeting on Thursday, which ended without any decisions being taken. Discussions on road patchwork, streetlight repairs and provision of sufficient manpower were not taken up. As a result, the minutes regarding deployment of additional manpower again remained unsigned and neglected, revealed an LMC official.

A tussle over authority and procedure is said to be at the heart of the rift between the two authorities.

Mayor Sushma Kharkwal slammed the civic administration for its "negligence and disrespect" towards elected representatives and citize...