lucknow if daulatganj near kudia ghat in the old city is taken as one end and daudnagar as the other end in faizullahganj the distance between the two is barely 4km the only barrier between the two ends is the gomti which bisects them historians claim the british once marched through the stretch by constructing a makeshift bridge over the river only to dismantle it later in between the two ends lie nearly 20 wards welcome to lucknow north the newly carved out constituency from mahona and lucknow west the constituency is a unique mix of old and new lucknow the constuituency has got civic problems as a legacy from the old seats these include lack of proper sewage system poor waste disposal dysfunctional streetlights waterlogging sprawling slums and traffic snarls the biggest problem though is lack a proper hospital in the constituency the chhatrapati shahuji maharaj medical university is now part of lucknow west only two years ago khadra and faizullahganj localities of this constituency were rocked by dengue and cholera epidemic which claimed nearly a dozen lives life has come to a standstill for munni devi who lost her 22yearold son in the epidemic all this was the reason she said pointing towards the heaps of garbage that lay dumped in the open after the epidemic some ambulances are stationed in the area after every monsoon as a precautionary measure but that is not the remedy there has to be a mechanism to check the spread of dengue and other epidemic said akhilesh a resident of khadra about 2km away shobhit mishra a resident sitapur road looked impatient as he waited by the closed gate of daliganj railway crossing he had to rush to pick his daughter from school invariably this jam prolongs for at least half a hour and at times even more he said had they constructed a railway over bridge the problem would have got solved he said the rob is among the main issues that most candidates have taken on their agenda it was there some 15 years ago as well what happened nothing mishra rued for residents of jankipuram the locality which till 2007 was under mahona constituency elections do not bring much hope the locality has been in news for some worst instances of waterlogging in recent years the roads were dug up casually to lay sewer lines that aggravated the problem even further said kanhaiyya lal chaurasia a resident of jankipuram but while they try to fix the problem of sewage we also face the problem of drinking water he said aliganj considered a posh area has recovered from road digging only partially shashi prakasha local resident said traffic movement is no longer smooth in the area the part of the old city like hussainabad lajpatnagar muftiganj and chowk too have been facing civic problems from lack of proper drainage to poor roads to erratic power supply at times power cuts prolong for over 12 hours said amit a resident