NOIDA, 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 regulate bar licenses operating under temporary permits, officials said on Tuesday. Excise teams have been asked 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 festivals and private events. The directives followed a zone-level internal review involving senior excise officials from Meerut zone and division, along with district-level officers from Gautam Budh Nagar and Ghaziabad on Monday. "Continuous monitoring at the Haryana border and strict action against illegal liquor movement from other states is essential," said UP excise commissioner Dr Adarsh Singh, at the meeting, adding that misuse of FL-11 (occasional bar use) licenses must be curbed, and efforts should be made to transition them into permanent licenses wherever applicable. GB Nagar authorities said they are raising surveillance along the Haryana border, particularly at farmhouses often used for private events. "Our teams are holding regular checks to prevent inflow of illicit liquor. We've also begun reviewing FL-11 licenses," said district excise officer (Gautam Budh Nagar) Subodh Kumar....