Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh): On Dussehra day, the district administration in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal launched a major demolition drive against illegal encroachments, bringing down a marriage hall built on government land in Rawa Buzurg village, officials said.

The operation, carried out on Thursday morning, turned the area into a heavy security zone, with nearly 200 police and Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) personnel deployed. Drones were also used to monitor the exercise in real time.

According to SDM Vikas Chandra, the marriage hall had been constructed on land recorded as a government pond.

“The village has two government records — plot number 691 designated for a pond and plot number 459 earmarked as a compost pit. The hall stood on pond land, and hence it has been demolished,” he

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