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Kasba (Brahmanbaria)

Local Gov

A border upazila on the eastern edge of the district adjoining the India frontier, combining paddy farming with frontier trade and cross-border movement.

Wealth rank 369/452 (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 land-border upazila, Kasba contends with informal cross-border trade and smuggling pressures along the frontier. So what: Unregulated frontier flows undercut formal revenue and local enforcement. Source: Bangladesh Land Port Authority
  2. air quality Brick kilns and corridor road traffic across the populated plain add to nitrogen-dioxide and particulate haze. So what: Local communities face seasonal air-quality decline. Source: Department of Environment
  3. climate disaster Low-lying floodplain land exposes settlements and paddy to seasonal flooding and waterlogging. So what: Monsoon inundation damages crops and infrastructure. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board

Probable solutions