Demography along borders changed deliberately: Shah

New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said demographic changes are taking place in border areas as part of a "deliberate design" and they directly impact the security of the country and its borders.

Shah urged the collectors of border districts to take appropriate action to remove illegal religious encroachments.

He said all illegal encroachments within at least a 30-kilometre radius from the borders should be removed and lauded the Gujarat government for doing "commendable work" in clearing numerous encroachments along both maritime and land borders.