India, July 16 -- The Uttar Pradesh excise department has asked the Gautam Budh Nagar and Ghaziabad authorities to plug excise revenue leaks and curb illegal liquor supply chains, with a focus on farmhouses located along the Haryana border, and regulation of bar licenses operating under temporary permits, officials said on Tuesday.

Excise teams have been instructed to carry out sustained surveillance and enforcement drives at border-side farmhouses increasingly being used for unregulated liquor consumption and suspected cross-border smuggling, they added.

Particular attention, officials said, is being paid to prevent illegal liquor movement from Haryana into UP especially ahead of festive occasions and private events.

The directives fo...