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Jajira (Shariatpur)

Local Gov

A Padma-bank upazila of Shariatpur anchoring the southern end of the Padma Bridge, with char land, fisheries and rapidly intensifying corridor connectivity.

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. water Position on the Padma's left bank exposes Jajira to aggressive bank erosion and channel migration around its chars. So what: Char and bankside households lose land despite the bridge investment. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board
2. urbanization As the bridge-side gateway, built-up expansion is accelerating fastest here, pushing construction toward erosion and flood lines. So what: Corridor-driven growth risks settling on hazardous river-margin land. Source: Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)
3. climate disaster Low char and floodplain land combined with heavy monsoon rainfall intensifies seasonal flooding. So what: Char communities face recurrent inundation. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board

Probable solutions

• Risk-informed land-use zoning around the bridge corridor to keep new built-up areas off erosion and flood lines. Responsible: Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) · policy proposal
• Padma left-bank erosion protection and char-area flood defences on the highest-loss reaches. Responsible: Bangladesh Water Development Board · policy proposal