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Baksiganj (Jamalpur)

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A northern border-adjacent upazila of Jamalpur near the Jamuna and the hill-fringe frontier, with a poor, flood- and erosion-exposed rural economy.

Wealth rank 91/452 (1 = poorest upazila)

Indicators: Meta RWI (HDX); ERA5-Land; MODIS; Sentinel-5P; VIIRS night-lights; GHSL; Hansen v1.11; CHIRPS v2.0. Exposure: GloFAS v2.1, FABDEM, MODIS LST, ACAG PM2.5, WorldPop 2020.

Problems and issues

poverty Household wealth is low, with a Relative Wealth Index mean of -0.209 (national rank 91 of 452, second-poorest decile), the poorest of the district's upazilas. So what: Deep poverty limits coping capacity against flood and erosion losses. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
climate disaster Heavy monsoon rainfall on the Jamuna floodplain drives recurrent flooding and char inundation. So what: Floods repeatedly damage crops and homes. Source: Department of Disaster Management
water Riverbank erosion from the unstable braided Jamuna system threatens settlements and farmland. So what: Erosion displaces households and erodes the land base. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board

Probable solutions

Deploy flood early-warning, raised flood shelters and flood-tolerant crop varieties for char and floodplain communities. Responsible: Department of Disaster Management · policy proposal
Target erosion- and flood-affected households with cash transfers, livelihoods and skills programs. Responsible: Department of Disaster Management and Department of Social Services · policy proposal