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Belabo (Narsingdi)

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An eastern Narsingdi upazila on the Old Brahmaputra and Arial Kha river system, mixing weaving and intensive vegetable and fruit farming.

Wealth rank 364/452 (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

environment Dyeing and washing effluent from the district's textile cluster degrades the river system that the upazila's farms and households draw on for irrigation and surface water. So what: Polluted surface water harms downstream irrigation and aquatic life. Source: Department of Environment
urbanization Spreading built-up settlement along the Dhaka corridor pressures the upazila's vegetable belt and floodplain farmland. So what: Unplanned conversion erodes productive farmland. Source: LGED

Probable solutions

Enforce mandatory functioning ETPs and real-time effluent monitoring at dyeing units discharging into the river system. Responsible: Department of Environment · effluent monitoring enforcement program
Adopt and enforce a district land-use plan that protects the vegetable belt and floodplain from unplanned built-up conversion. Responsible: LGED · policy proposal