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LUCKNOW: Lucknow Development Authority is constructing the office for Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation in Janpath area. Earlier, there were offices of Ganga Cell, Urban Development department and electricity department of LDA in this area. Office of Ganga Cell would be shifted to the guest house of Jal Nigam in Mall Avenue. Located in proximity to Awas Bandhu office, six separate cabins are being made in LMRC's office. It would also have a common hall. Separate cabins are being made for project research and computer section of this project. Officials from LDA told that before August 15, the new office of metro cell in Janpath would start functioning. A metro cell official told that the office would be beautifully made so that people may realize that the metro and its stations would be made equally beautiful. The designing of the office has been done in accordance with the consent of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, which has prepared the final DPR (detailed project report) for metro project.

The metro cell is keeping many information under wraps as instructed by the government. Metro cell and government want to establish their own shops and small malls so as to generate revenue from them in future. There is also a proposal to raise the DM circle rate of the adjoining land areas of metro route and stations.

After increasing the rates, funds would be created for construction and maintenance of metro rail project. parking facilities would also be created near metro stations to facilitate people. For this, LMRC has to purchase the nearby lands itself. Officials of the metro cell also confirmed that because of these things, the project has been kept confidential.

Builders of the city have already started flocking near LDA to purchase lands near metro route and its stations to construct shopping malls, complexes and apartments. Many have shown interest in buying lands near Amausi, Transportnagar, Krishnanagar, Alambagh Chouraha, Alambagh Bus Station etc where the metro stations are proposed to be set up.

Strangely, no RTI application has come for Charbagh which is an important terminal of metro route. The main hot spots for builders are places including Hussainganj, Hazratganj, IT College, Mahanagar, Badshahnagar, Indiranagar and Munshipulia etc.