India, Sept. 10 -- GORAKHPUR/LAKHIMPUR KHERI/BAHRAICH The student-led 'GenZ' protests in Nepal on Wednesday cast a shadow on Uttar Pradesh's border districts that saw deserted markets and people grappling with cancelled travel plans and severed family contacts across the frontier.

Pilibhit, Shravasti, Lakhimpur Kheri, Maharajganj, Bahraich, Balrampur and Siddharthnagar remained on high alert in wake of the unrest in the neighbouring Himalayan country.

The protests, which initially broke out in Kathmandu and other hill districts, now spread to the Terai plains, near the Indian border, which led to UP government upping vigil in the border region and restricting movement, said officials.

"The force has been placed on high alert. Security ...