The Allahabad High Court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to remove or shift religious structures which encroach on public roads including sideways. <br/><br/>A Lucknow bench of justices Sudhir Agarwal and Rakesh Srivastva said religious structures raised after January 2011 that encroach on public roads shall be removed forthwith. <br/><br/>A compliance report shall be submitted by concerned district magistrate to the state government within two months, the Court ordered. <br/><br/>Those raised earlier should be shifted to private land or removed within six months. <br/><br/>It gave the directions yesterday while disposing of a writ petition filed by 19 locals against alleged encroachment of public pathway land in a locality in Lucknow by construction of a temple.<br/> <br/>The high court also directed the state government to chalk out a plan so as to ensure that public roads were not obstructed due to observance of religious activities.