Dehradun, April 13 -- The Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami-led governemnt has taken strict action against the illegal and unregistered madrasas and have sealed more than 170 madrasas across the state as of now.

Special survey teams were formed by the state government to investigate these madrasas, on the basis of whose report the district administration took this strict action, according to a release from Uttarakhand CMO.

The greatest impact of these actions has been seen in the sensitive areas of Uttarakhand. Many illegal madrasas in areas like Dehradun, Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar and especially Vanbhulpura (Haldwani) have either been closed or are under investigation. In many of these places, neither permission for buil...