Varanasi, July 2 -- Security has been intensified in the Dalmandi market area of Varanasi on Thursday as the demolition of five mosques, as part of an ongoing road-widening project, entered its second day.

To maintain law and order, security forces have strictly barred public movement in the affected lane, setting up multiple barricades across key intersection points leading toward the demolition site.

The Mirza Karimullah Beg Masjid, adjacent to the Chowk police station, along with four other mosques, is being dismantled as part of the infrastructure project. Four others are Nesaran ki Masjid, Rangile Shah Masjid, Ali Raza Masjid and Sangmarmar Masjid.

The local administration has deployed a massive security contingent in the area, in...