Sambhal, June 19 -- Sambhal Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Vikas Chandra on Thursday said that an anti-encroachment drive is underway in designated parts of the city, with several sites already identified for action. Among these, a significant removal was carried out in Shehbazpur village, where a graveyard had illegally expanded beyond its allotted area.

Speaking to ANI, the SDM said, "We have marked a few places where the anti-encroachment drive will be conducted... In Shehbazpur village, the graveyard should have been 1.9 hectares; they had built a boundary of almost 2.3 hectares, and that encroachment has now been removed..."

Earlier Sunday, the Sambhal administration initiated an anti-encroachment drive across the Bahjoi, Chandaus...