UP government takes action against illegal encroachments along India-Nepal border

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The Uttar Pradesh government has recently conducted an encroachment removal campaign in several districts along the India-Nepal border, taking action against more than 250 illegal constructions.

Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 24 (HBTV): The Uttar Pradesh government has recently conducted an encroachment removal campaign in several districts along the India-Nepal border, taking action against more than 250 illegal constructions, according to an official statement.

The campaign focused on unauthorised constructions and religious institutions within a 10–15 km radius of the border. Action was taken against 89 illegal encroachers in Bahraich and 119 illegal constructions in Shravasti. Additionally, 17 unauthorised madrasas were identified and addressed during the drive.

In Siddharthnagar district, 11 illegal structures were removed, while in Maharajganj, action was taken against 19 encroachments. In Balrampur, seven encroachments on government land were identified; two were removed voluntarily, and action is ongoing against the remaining five, the government stated.

Earlier this month, Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Minority Welfare, Muslim Waqf and Haj, Danish Azad Ansari, highlighted the urgency of ending alleged land encroachments, stating that the Waqf Amendment Bill was the need of the hour.

In a related development in January, Uttar Pradesh Police launched an anti-encroachment drive to remove illegal settlements on land belonging to the Army in the Vijaynagar area of Ghaziabad.

DCP City Rajesh Kumar Singh said the operation would continue until all illegal settlements are removed from the area.

‘In the Vijaynagar area, many people have encroached upon land which belongs to the Army. We received a letter from the officials (of the Army) to remove the encroachment, and hence we began the anti-encroachment drive – it will continue till all the illegal settlements are removed from the area...,’ Singh told ANI.

Meanwhile, in March, Uttar Pradesh Police, along with the local administration, demolished an illegal construction belonging to a notorious criminal in the Hathgaon police station area of Fatehpur.

Officials stated the construction had been made illegally on government land. Fatehpur Superintendent of Police Dhawal Jaiswal said the individual had more than 12 criminal cases registered against him.

(ANI)