Lucknow, July 21 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday directed officers to grant legal land ownership rights to families displaced from East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) who have been resettled across various districts in Uttar Pradesh.

The state government's decision is likely to provide relief to over 10,000 families who had migrated from East Pakistan and are now residing in Pilibhit, Lakhimpur Kheri, Bijnor and Rampur districts.

The action for granting land ownership to the displaced families should be time-bound, the chief minister said at a high-level meeting.

Terming the issue as more than just a matter of land transfer, Yogi Adityanath said, "This is an opportunity to honour the decades-long struggle of thousands of...