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Companyganj (Noakhali)

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A coastal Noakhali upazila on the active Meghna-estuary shoreline marked by char accretion and surge exposure.

Wealth rank 171/452 (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

climate disaster Sitting on the open Meghna-estuary coast with little natural buffer, the upazila is highly exposed to cyclone storm surge and tidal flooding. So what: Coastal households and farmland face repeated surge and inundation risk. Source: Department of Disaster Management
water Saline intrusion into surface and shallow groundwater leaves freshwater scarce across the estuarine and char areas. So what: Drinking and irrigation water grow scarce in the coastal belt. Source: Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE)
poverty A local Relative Wealth Index of -0.125 places the upazila in the lower-middle of the national distribution. So what: Limited household wealth weakens local capacity to absorb coastal shocks. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

Probable solutions

Strengthen and raise coastal polder embankments with functioning drainage-and-regulator sluices and expand multipurpose cyclone shelters. Responsible: Bangladesh Water Development Board · policy proposal
Coastal afforestation and mangrove greenbelt along the accreting shoreline to buffer surge and stabilize char land. Responsible: Bangladesh Forest Department · policy proposal