Rautahat, April 8 -- Tensions are simmering along the Nepal-India border in Rautahat as the Indian side continues unilateral construction on the Bairgania ring dam, heightening fears of inundation in the district headquarters of Gaur and surrounding areas.

Under the pretext of 'routine maintenance work', Indian authorities have been adding layers of soil to the existing embankment that runs parallel to the no-man's-land. This activity, conducted without coordination with the Nepali administration, violates international norms and bilateral agreements that prohibit the construction or modification of physical structures near the border without mutual consent.

The 5-kilometre-long embankment, stretching from Bagmati in the east to Banjara...