Lucknow floods have displaced families across Faizullaganj and other parts of the city, with more than 1 lakh people affected and over 40,000 houses partially submerged, according to local updates reported by the Times of India. Residents are seeking evacuation support, shelter, safe drinking water and drainage as the Gomti continues to rise.
Faizullaganj is among the worst-affected localities, where floodwater has entered homes and lanes. In some areas, residents said the water had reached neck level, making movement difficult. Families have been leaving with essential belongings, while a bedridden elderly man was carried to safety by four people as water levels rose.
Residents also reported shortages of drinking water and concerns over sanitation and waterborne illnesses. Deepika Srivastava, a resident, said stagnant water outside her home had not been cleared and that residents wanted the water drained. Another resident, Abhishek, said most families in his neighbourhood had already left. The allegations about inadequate relief and access to aid could not be independently verified.
Protests have taken place in several affected areas. In Faizullaganj, resident Adarsh Verma demonstrated in floodwater over the relief response. In Millat Nagar, residents protested from a boat with posters carrying the words “mayor missing”. The flooding has also affected public spaces and religious sites. Boats are operating inside the submerged Gomti Riverfront, while roads and parks remain underwater. At Lete Hanuman Temple in Chowk, the idol was submerged and devotees were forced to pray from outside.
The Lucknow Municipal Corporation said it distributed 1,900 food packets and drinking water bottles in waterlogged areas. It also said three drones would be deployed from Saturday to expand anti-larval spraying. Municipal commissioner Gaurav Kumar inspected Faizullaganj, Gulmi Kheda and other affected locations and reviewed relief operations.
Civic teams used boats to deliver cooked food and dry ration in Hayat Nagar, Barawan Kala, Tand Kheda, Sukhlal Kheda, Munnu Kheda, Daulat Kheda and Gulmi Kheda. Around 70 employees at Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Bhasha University assisted with relief supplies and loaded food stocks onto tractors for distribution. At Ekana Stadium, 26 pumping sets were deployed to drain accumulated water.
The health department said teams surveyed 220 houses in flood-hit areas and distributed 288 health kits, along with medicines, chlorine tablets and oral rehydration solution packets. Chief medical officer NB Singh inspected Jehta, Daudnagar and Faizullaganj. Kakori community health centre teams surveyed 160 houses in Munnalal Kheda and Saitha Takia, while teams in Faizullaganj surveyed 60 houses in Krishnalok Nagar, Gomti Vihar and Jugal Vihar.
A medical camp was operating in Daudnagar, with a 108 ambulance service and medical teams deployed in affected areas. The civic body reported that water levels had fallen in some locations and said relief, sanitation and health measures were continuing. Residents, however, remain uncertain about when they can return home and whether their properties will be habitable after the water recedes.
