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Gomastapur (Chapainawabganj)

Local Gov

A northwestern Chapainawabganj border upazila on the dry Barind tract, home to the Rohanpur area, mango orchards and frontier trade.

Wealth rank 90/452 (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

  1. governance As a border upazila, it sits on cross-border movement and smuggling routes that complicate local trade regulation and revenue. So what: Informal frontier flows undercut formal trade and local enforcement. Source: Bangladesh Land Port Authority
  2. water Low rainfall and scarce surface water on the drought-prone Barind tract push dry-season orchard and paddy cultivation onto groundwater. So what: Declining water tables threaten orchards and dry-season crops. Source: Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA)
  3. poverty Among the poorest in this set, with an RWI mean of -0.214, household means are thin on the dry frontier tract. So what: Low reserves leave farm and orchard households exposed to drought and price shocks. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

Probable solutions