TOURISM IN LUCKNOW

Lucknow is one of the charming cities of India. Tourists visit here to see a glimpse of its rising economy and many places of interest.

Lucknow, known as City of Nawabs, is making a name among tourists from Southern Asia and some other parts of the world because of its history and rich culture. It is located in the most populated city of India, Uttar Pradesh. This city is now growing economically as well. As proof, it is one of the 10 fastest growing non major cities in the land.

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NURTURE CORRIDOR LUCKNOW-KANPUR

LUCKNOW: In my view, it is the lingering negative perceptions that hamper the high-tech industrial activity in Uttar Pradesh today.

Despite the efforts made by UP government the state is still perceived as one suffering from complex and deterrent tax structure, too much government with fragmented approach, poor work ethics, poor infrastructure (roads, electricity, connectivity, airports), lack of venture capital and overseas investments, antiquated labour policies and laws, lack of availability of skilled IT manpower, and finally lack of technological innovation in the state.

To enable the state share a piece of IT prosperity, it is essential to minimise these negative perceptions. It may be possible to reform and improve of some fronts, but the infrastructure improvement, innovation and venture capital availability requires tremendous resources.

For that reason, rather than trying out a pork-barrel politics based approach, the Government should identify and focus on a single region at a time. I believe Lucknow-Kanpur corridor can be nurtured to incubate the IT industry by developing a zone of enterprise activity, where all these impediment are fully removed. The successful model of the zone can then be transplanted at other regions as well.

For development of technology intensive industrial corridor the five ingredients are essential. They are a) Availability of technology and technical manpower; b) Infrastructure; c) Business-friendly policies; d) Quality of life; and e) Local business opportunity.

The state of Uttar Pradesh with IIT-Kanpur, IIM-Lucknow, IIIT-Allahabad, BHU-IT, MNR Engg College, HBTI and 60 newer engineering colleges has been fast positioning itself as center of technology and technical manpower.

More established institutes like IIT-Kanpur, University of Roorkee (now IIT, Roorkee in Uttaranchal) and IIM-Lucknow have produced successive generations of computer professionals, who have spread all over the world and have been pioneers in the ICT revolution. Many of these people occupy high positions or have founded international ICT companies that shape the growth of ICT revolution.

Improving and guaranteeing a quality infrastructure requires scarce resources, but by focussing on selected regions like NOIDA the state has demonstrated ability of building centers of industrial excellence. The city of Lucknow, also the constituency of prime minister, stands at par with the best in the country as far as the infrastructure and quality of life is concerned.

The business friendly policies adopted by the state government in the information technology sector have attracted network infrastructure providers like Reliance in addition to STPI, VSNL and BSNL. Today, almost all the districts of UP have optical fiber connectivity. With the arrival of Reliance, multiple options of connectivity are going to become a reality.

The state government has been busy modifying all the labour and pollution rules to give a further boost to the ICT industry in state. The nascent ICT industry of Lucknow is already exporting Rs 10 crores in the hi-tech areas of telecommunication, systems software and business applications.

The commissioning of Software Technology Park (STPs) in Lucknow addition to the NOIDA and Kanpur is likely to offer much needed boost to these budding indigenous IT companies. If the past growth rates at NOIDA are indicators, then the Lucknow with its proximity to IIM, IET Lucknow, IIT & HBTI-Kanpur and IIIT-Allahabad possesses potential of becoming major center of software activity in the state.

Additionally, the recent emphasis of the state government on e-governance and offering the citizens an online interface with right to information, offers a huge business opportunity for the IT companies. The government has not only set deadlines for developing several of cities with online interfaces (SMART cities) but has also allocated 2 per cent of the budget for the IT activity, amounting to nearly Rs 400 crores per year.

In summary the state is in position to offer local business opportunity of Rs 400 crores, friendly policies of government, easy availability of capital for IT firms, improving infrastructure, small town quality of life with big town amenities, and proximity to best of the centers of learning and research institution.

The states ability to project the business friendly, conducive environment and channel the resources in a identified technology corridor can provide all the ingredients needed for growth of information and communications technology sector in the state.

ALL ABOUT LUCKNOW

After 1350 AD the Lucknow and parts of Awadh region have been under the rule of the Delhi Sultanate, the Mughal Empire, the Nawabs of Awadh, the East India Company and the British Raj. Lucknow has been one of the major centers of First War of Independence, participated actively in India's Independence movement, and after Independence has emerged as an important city of North India.

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HISTORIC CITY LUCKNOW

Avadh is claimed to be among the most ancient of Hindu states. According to popular legend, Ramchandra of Ayodhya, the hero of the Ramayana, gifted the territory of Lucknow to his devoted brother Lakshman after he had conquered Sri Lanka and completed his term of exile in the jungle. Therefore, people say that the original name of Lucknow was Lakshmanpur, popularly known as Lakhanpur or Lachmanpur.

The city of Ayodhya itself, forty miles away from Lakshmanpur, was reported to be full of great riches: "Its streets, well arranged, were refreshed with ceaseless streams of water ~ its walls, variously ornamented, resembled the checkered surface of a chess-board. It was filled with merchants, dramatists, elephants, horses and chariots. The cloud of fragrant incense darkened the sun at noonday: but the glowing radiance of the resplendent diamonds and jewels that adorned the persons of the ladies relieved the gloom!.." (Ramayana).

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