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Kalia (Narail)

Local Gov

A low-lying rural Narail upazila of paddy and freshwater aquaculture crossed by the delta rivers.

Wealth rank 308/452 (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

water Limited dry-season flow in the Chitra and Nabaganga leaves irrigation and aquaculture reliant on groundwater vulnerable to upstream abstraction. So what: Thin surface flow drives groundwater dependence and depletion risk. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board
climate disaster Monsoon-concentrated rainfall over low-lying river floodplains exposes the upazila to seasonal riverine flooding and waterlogging. So what: Seasonal flooding damages the paddy crop and aquaculture ponds. Source: Department of Disaster Management

Probable solutions

Rehabilitate and re-excavate Chitra-Nabaganga dry-season channels and link minor irrigation to managed surface storage to cut groundwater dependence. Responsible: Bangladesh Water Development Board · policy proposal
Channel rural enterprise credit and aquaculture-value-chain support to broaden rural income gains. Responsible: Department of Fisheries / Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) · policy proposal