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Boda (Panchagarh)

Local Gov

A central Panchagarh upazila of foothill plains and expanding tea cultivation, drained by the Karatoya and Tirnoi rivers near the Himalayan foothills.

Wealth rank 88/452 (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 Boda's mean Relative Wealth Index of -0.216 (national rank 88/452, second decile) places it among the poorest upazilas nationally. So what: Entrenched poverty limits household and local-government capacity. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
climate disaster Very high monsoon rainfall with negligible permanent surface water produces flashy foothill runoff and flash flooding across Boda's plains. So what: Flash floods damage paddy and tea plantings. Source: Department of Disaster Management
air quality Dry-season dust and biomass burning add to the district's high aerosol burden over Boda's settlements. So what: Poor air quality raises local respiratory health risk. Source: Department of Environment

Probable solutions

Flash-flood early warning and small-scale drainage works tuned to rapid foothill runoff. Responsible: Department of Disaster Management · policy proposal
Smallholder tea value-chain and fair-pricing support to raise grower incomes in the northern tea belt. Responsible: Bangladesh Tea Board · policy proposal