LUCKNOW, Aug. 8 -- The Uttar Pradesh government has demolished 130 unauthorised constructions, sealed 198 and issued notices to 223 illegal structures, including Eidgahs, madrasas, and mazars, in seven districts along the Indo-Nepal border, a government spokesperson said on Thursday.

The two-month anti-encroachment drive, ordered by chief minister Yogi Adityanath, targets unauthorised structures in bordering districts like Pilibhit, Shravasti, Balrampur, Bahraich, Lakhimpur Kheri, Siddharthnagar and Maharajganj, the spokesperson said.

Shravasti district saw the highest number of actions, with district magistrate Ajay Kumar Dwivedi confirming that 149 illegal structures, including mosques, Eidgahs, madrasas, and mazars built on both gove...