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Mithamain (Kishoreganj)

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A deep-haor upazila in northeastern Kishoreganj, almost entirely submerged in the monsoon and reliant on a single boro harvest.

Wealth rank 47/452 (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. climate disaster Mithamain's haor boro paddy is exposed to early flash floods that routinely threaten the single crop before it can be cut. So what: One early flood can destroy the entire year's food supply. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board
  2. infrastructure Set within the open haor, Mithamain has limited all-weather connectivity and seasonal water isolation complicates access to markets, health facilities and emergency response. So what: Residents are cut off for much of the wet season. Source: LGED
  3. poverty Mithamain's mean Relative Wealth Index is -0.279, in the second-poorest decile nationally (rank 47 of 452), reflecting deprivation in this water-locked haor population. So what: Households have little reserve against a failed harvest. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

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