Susta residents resume embankment construction after last year’s halt from Indian security personnel

Villagers use sandbags and gravel to hold back the Narayani river after a permanent flood barrier stalled amid objections from the Indian side.

Residents of Nepal’s border village of Susta have resumed building makeshift embankments after rising water levels in the Narayani river threatened to inundate their settlement, saying a delayed flood protection project has left them with no other option.