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Kotchandpur (Jhenaidah)

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A small western Jhenaidah upazila on the dry plain, historically a date-palm jaggery center with paddy and vegetable farming and rising town sprawl.

Wealth rank 221/452 (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

urbanization Built-up growth around Kotchandpur town spreads onto fertile cropland and strains local roads and drainage. So what: Settlement sprawl erodes the agricultural land base. Source: Local Government Engineering Department
water Very little permanent surface water leaves the upazila reliant on groundwater for dry-season irrigation and drinking. So what: Aquifer dependence threatens dry-season water security. Source: Department of Public Health Engineering
air quality Brick kilns and dry-season crop-residue burning over the southwest plain drive particulate haze. So what: Seasonal haze degrades local air quality. Source: Department of Environment

Probable solutions

Adopt and enforce land-use zoning that protects classified agricultural land from conversion to settlement. Responsible: Local Government Engineering Department and Department of Land Records and Survey · policy proposal
Scale agro-processing of date-palm jaggery and vegetables with cold-chain and SME credit to add off-farm income. Responsible: Department of Agricultural Extension and SME Foundation · policy proposal