This story is from October 3, 2021

Agencies gather information on religious places along Uttar Pradesh-Nepal border

As a part of an exhaustive exercise launched by the National Security Council (NSC), the Indian intelligence and security agencies are collecting every possible detail about religious places situated on the UP side of the Indo-Nepal border.
Agencies gather information on religious places along Uttar Pradesh-Nepal border
The agencies are also tracking the spillover of mobile, radio and television signals from across the border, and NGOs and social organisations active in the region and their political affiliations, if any.
LUCKNOW: As a part of an exhaustive exercise launched by the National Security Council (NSC), the Indian intelligence and security agencies are collecting every possible detail about religious places situated on the UP side of the Indo-Nepal border.
Besides, the agencies are also tracking the spillover of mobile, radio and television signals from across the border, and NGOs and social organisations active in the region and their political affiliations, if any.

The mammoth exercise is a part of NSC’s exhaustive study on these aspects and an assessment of its significance in terms of national security.
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Intelligence and police agencies in Maharajganj, Siddharthnagar, Bahraich, Shravasti, Balrampur, Lakhimpur Kheri and Pilibhit have been asked to collected details of all “significant religious places in border areas” with specific mention of the “strength and quality of mobile, TV signals and radio network spill over from across the border, if any”. They have also been asked to provide details of NGOs active in border areas.

Reports received so far state that Nepal’s cellular, radio and television networks have clear or faint penetration into Indian borders. This is more because in almost all the border districts, Indian telecom operators have no signal or very faint network in the 5km strip along the border on the Indian side.
As per the information gathered so far, Nepal’s cellular networks ‘N Cell’, ‘Yen Cell’ and ‘Namaste’ cover 1-1.5km range of the Indian side in Thoothibari and Sonauli areas of Maharajganj and some border areas in Bahraich.
Nepali TV and radio have even deeper penetration in Maharajganj. However, since Indians are not very familiar with Nepali language, they don’t usually tune in. Similarly, the broadcast of FM Nepal, Krishnasar FM and Bageshwari FM is loud and clear in border areas of Bahraich district.
In Shravasti, Balrampur, Kheri and Pilibhit districts, Nepal Telecom’s network is available for up to 5km on the Indian soil while the signals of FM channels like 91.4 MHz and Radio Gantantra 95.1 MHz work effectively.
Focusing on religious places along the border, intelligence agencies have also listed a Baudh Stupa in Siddharthnagar, a temple and a tomb in Bahraich, a temple and a church in Kheri, 23 mosques and madrassas in Shravasti, another 15 in Kheri, and 60 mosques and 59 madrassas in Maharajganj. All of these are situated in police circles that cover the border areas of respective districts.
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