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Gangachara (Rangpur)

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A northern upazila of Rangpur on the Teesta floodplain, where riverbank erosion and char settlements shape a flood-exposed agrarian economy.

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

1. poverty A mean Relative Wealth Index of -0.133 places Gangachara in the poorer fourth decile of upazilas, reflecting a weak rural asset base. So what: Limited assets make char and floodplain households slow to recover from erosion losses. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
2. climate disaster Sitting on the Teesta floodplain, Gangachara faces recurrent monsoon flooding and riverbank erosion that swallow farmland and homes. So what: Erosion displaces char families and destroys productive land. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board
3. poverty Landless Teesta-char households face acute seasonal monga food insecurity during the lean period. So what: Lean-season hunger forces distress sales and borrowing among the poorest. Source: Department of Disaster Management

Probable solutions

• Strengthen Teesta riverbank protection and embankment maintenance and revive the long-pending Teesta river-management works to cut erosion and flood exposure Responsible: Bangladesh Water Development Board · Teesta river-management works
• Continue social-protection and seasonal cash-for-work coverage targeted at landless Teesta-char households during the lean season Responsible: Department of Disaster Management / Department of Social Services · policy proposal