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Khaliajuri (Netrokona)

Local Gov

The most remote deep-haor upazila of Netrokona, almost entirely surrounded by wetlands and reachable largely by boat for much of the year.

Wealth rank 14/452 (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. poverty Among the poorest places in the country, with a mean Relative Wealth Index of -0.421 placing Khaliajuri in the poorest decile of upazilas nationally. So what: Extreme asset poverty leaves an isolated population almost defenceless against crop loss. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
  2. climate disaster As a deep-haor upazila, Khaliajuri is among the first and worst hit by pre-monsoon flash floods, which can submerge the boro crop before harvest. So what: An early flood can erase the community's only annual rice crop. Source: Department of Disaster Management
  3. infrastructure Near-total haor inundation leaves villages cut off for much of the year, with minimal all-weather roads and submersible embankment protection. So what: Severe isolation delays relief, schooling and healthcare during the long wet season. Source: Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)

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