Hazratganj and Rana Pratap Marg in Lucknow city centre are the site of important offices like the airlines, banks, travel agents, and tourist offices.
Changing Money
- State Bank of India, Main Branch, Hazratganj, tel #
213074
- Allahabad Bank, Main Branch, Hazratganj, tel # 275187/275734
- Bank of India, Main Branch, Nawal Kishore Road, Hazratganj,
tel # 216536
- United Commercial Bank, Opposite Halwasia Court, Hazratganj,
tel # 2165293
Tourist offices
- Regional Tourist Office, 10, Station Road, tel # 226205.
- State Information Bureau, Hazratganj, tel # 224728
- UP Government Tourist Reception Centre, at the railway station,
Main Hall, Charbagh, tel # 452533. Open from 0700 hours to 2000 hours.
- UP Tourism, Chitrahar Building, 3, Nawal Kishore Road,
tel # 228349, 225165
- Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam 432/4 New Civil Lines,
Old Hyderabad, tel # 387349
- Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam, 2, Gopal House, Sarojini
Naidu Marg, tel # 215903
*Tip:**:
Tipping
One to five per cent of the bill.
*Faxes:**:
Sending faxes
Hotels, by and large, charge a steep surcharge
for faxes sent from a hotel room through your modem. Equivalent,
in fact, and not coincidentally, to the service charge levied
on faxes sent from hotel business centres.
*Call:**:
Calling abroad
When you use your telephone card from your
hotel room, be warned that most hotels charge a steep surcharge
per call.
*Com:**:
Computer facts
Many hotels do not supply a separate outlet
for plugging your computer in. And the voltage in the phone outlet
is unusually high. Hence, you will require a current adaptor.
Additionally, you will need a plug adaptor for your modem jack.
*Taxes:**:
Taxes
Shops levy a sales tax, depending on the type of
item purchased. However if sales tax is charged, a bill must be
issued. The starred hotels levy steep government expenditure taxes
on food. Indian liquor and international brands of scotch are available in restaurants and bars, but with difficulty, for consumption by foreign passport holders only. Additional taxes are levied.
*Vid:**:
Videos
India follows the PAL system.
*Elec:**:
Electricity
220 volts. You will require plug adaptors. Commercial establishments - hotels, offices,
cinemas and the like - have generators and UPS systems. Power
cuts are common in summer.
Newspapers:
The Times of India, Hindustan Times and Pioneer put out Lucknow
Editions. Others available are, Economic Times, Rashtriya Sahara,
Dainik Jagaran.
Magazines
Magazines available in large bookstores are: India Today, Outlook,
Business Today, Time, News Week, Business World.
Getting Around:
Tempos or autorickshaws run along fixed routes, connecting the railway station
to most of the other areas of the city. Cycle rickshaws are also
available.
Medical Care:
- Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences.
Rae Barielly Road, tel # 440 004-8
- King George Medical College, Chowk, tel # 266175
- Balrampur Hospital, Golaganj, tel # 220085
- Dufferien Hospital Golaganj, tel # 224050
- S P Mukherjee Civil Hospital, Park Road, tel # 220065.
Couriers
- Blue Dart - 3A/s 4 Radha Krishna Bhawan, Park Road,
tel # 212720
- Carrier Aircon Ltd - C 1040 Sector A Mahanagar, tel
# 385711
- DHL Worldwide Express- 19 Modern Business Centre, Vidhan
Sabha Marg, tel # 210524
- Elbee Couriers - Priemier Building, Shahnajaf Road,
tel # 228213.
Airlines
- Air India, Hotel Clarks Avadh, tel # 226171
- Indian Airlines, Hotel Clarks Avadh tel # 226623/224030
- Sahara Airlines, Sahara Tower, Kapoorthalla, Aliganj,
tel # 378200
- UP Air, Hotel Clarks Avadh, tel # 222991
Libraries
- Ameeruddaula Library, Kaiserbagh
- British Council Library, Mayfair Building, Hazratganj
- American Cultural Centre Library, Chandiwali, Baradari
- Tagore Library, Lucknow University.
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Hazratganj and Rana Pratap Marg in Lucknow city centre are the site of important offices like the airlines, banks, travel agents, and tourist offices.
