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Chauddagram (Comilla)

Local Gov

A border upazila on Comilla's southeastern frontier with India, on the Dhaka-Chattogram corridor, combining intensive farming with cross-border trade and smuggling.

Wealth rank 420/452 (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

governance As a frontier upazila adjoining the Indian border, Chauddagram contends with informal cross-border trade and smuggling that escape formal regulation and revenue. So what: Unrecorded trade undercuts customs revenue and complicates border management. Source: Bangladesh Land Port Authority
air quality Highway-corridor freight traffic and brick kilns load local air with vehicle exhaust and particulates. So what: Corridor communities face elevated respiratory exposure. Source: Department of Environment

Probable solutions

Formalize and modernize border-zone trade with improved land-port facilities and customs procedures. Responsible: Bangladesh Land Port Authority · policy proposal
Enforce vehicle-emission and freight standards and phase out fixed-chimney brick kilns along the corridor. Responsible: Department of Environment · policy proposal