Dehradun, Aug. 3 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

HARIDWAR 2 Aug: A special drive has been launched by Uttarakhand government to clear and evict illegal settlements along the banks of the Ganga and the Gang Canal. The government has persistently raised concerns with the Uttar Pradesh Irrigation Department regarding these unauthorised encroachments. The riverbed property, though administered in principle by Uttar Pradesh, legally belongs to Uttarakhand under a prior property division arrangement between the two states. This administrative anomaly has contributed to rampant encroachment over the years.

Allegations have been made implicating certain officials from the UP Irrigation Department in illicit transactions involving the government land. So...