Agartala, April 20 -- Fear of flash floods gripped residents of four panchayats under the Bharat Chandra Nagar rural development block, under South Tripura District, after Bangladesh authorities enhanced the height of embankments near the Indo-Bangla border.

Locals of Netaji Subhash Chandra Nagar, Ishan Chandra Nagar, North Belonia, and Ballamukha Panchayats under Belonia subdivision demanded immediate administrative efforts to protect them from the imminent flood threats.

With the onset of the monsoon, over 500 families living near the northern bank of the Muhuri River are at risk of being at the receiving end of heavy floods this monsoon.

Sources said that the Bangladesh government is constructing a large embankment at the no man's b...