Lucknow, April 29 -- In a determined move to safeguard national security and preserve government land holdings, the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has initiated a robust campaign to remove illegal encroachments and shut down unauthorised madrasas operating within close proximity to the India-Nepal international border.
A special operation conducted between April 25 and April 27 witnessed significant action across several border districts, where longstanding illegal occupations and unrecognised religious establishments had proliferated.
In Bahraich district, a comprehensive survey in Nanpara tehsil - covering the critical 0 to 10-kilometre stretch along the international boundary - identified 227 instances of unauthorised enc...