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Juraichhari (Rangamati)

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One of the most isolated hill upazilas in the country, a forested frontier sub-district of dispersed jhum-farming paras with almost no road access.

Wealth rank 2/452 (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

poverty The upazila has a mean Relative Wealth Index of -0.524, ranking 2nd of 452 nationally as the second-poorest sub-district in the country, reflecting near-complete dependence on subsistence farming. So what: Households endure among the deepest deprivation in Bangladesh. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
economy Extreme remoteness and the absence of all-weather roads or the grid leave the interior wholly off-grid and outside the cash economy, with livelihoods confined to jhum and forest produce. So what: Isolation forecloses market access and any path beyond subsistence. Source: Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board
water Remote upland paras depend on springs and seasonal streams, with reliable piped supply effectively absent given the terrain. So what: Communities rely on untreated, seasonally unreliable water sources. Source: Department of Public Health Engineering

Probable solutions

Channel hill-specific livelihood and connectivity investment, off-grid solar, all-weather feeder roads and value chains for fruit and fisheries, into the unlit interior paras. Responsible: Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board / Ministry of CHT Affairs · policy proposal
Gravity-fed piped schemes and spring-source protection for remote hill paras to replace dependence on untreated surface sources. Responsible: Department of Public Health Engineering · policy proposal