Lucknow & Kanpur: Against all odds ; Despite negative perceptions about law and order and poor infrastructure, two cities from Uttar Pradesh Kanpur and Lucknow rise buoyed by positive consumer and investor sentiment. Do they denote a glimmer of hope for the rest of UP?

Business Today | September 7, 2008| | Copyright

It is half past nine in the evening at Fun Republic, a mall, across the river Gomti in Lucknow and already time for 'official' closure, but some latecomers still rush in to snag those last minute purchases. Azhar Javed, 30, from Bareilly is in no rush. He has been here with his wife, Rubina, for the past few hours. It is their wedding anniversary. Javed, a maintenance engineer with state-owned telecom company, BSNL, is welltravelled, having worked in Delhi and Dubai. However, for now, Lucknow is the most convenient place to stay. There has been a huge change in the city over the last few ...

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