New Delhi, Aug. 27 -- Demographic changes in border areas directly impact the security of the country and its borders and they could be part of a "deliberate design", Union home minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday, as he urged district magistrates of border districts to take action to remove all illegal encroachments within nearly 30-kilometre radius from the Indian borders. Shah was speaking at the inauguration of the two-day vibrant village programme (VVP) workshop organised by the Border Management Division (BMD) of the home ministry in Delhi. In his address, Shah reiterated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech where he expressed concern over demographic changes. "The HM said collectors of districts included in the VVP need to address this issue with seriousness. Demographic changes in border areas directly impact the security of the country and its borders. It should not be assumed that this is happening due to geographical conditions, rather, it is occurring as part of a deliberate design," a government spokesperson said. Shah also told the state chief secretaries and the central armed police forces to pay attention to this issue, the spokesperson said. Shah said that VVP - a centrally sponsored scheme - is based on three key points: preventing migration from border villages, ensuring that every resident of the border villages receives 100% benefits of central and state government schemes, and developing the villages under VVP into strong tools to strengthen border and national security. He asserted that the villages identified early under the VVP in a few years will prove to be very significant tools in the security of the country and its borders and that the government has worked to promote infrastructure development, preserve and enhance culture and generate employment through tourism....