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Mohanganj (Netrokona)

Local Gov

A deep-haor upazila in western Netrokona where extensive wetlands, single-crop boro paddy and a small river-side town anchor a flood-prone economy.

Wealth rank 26/452 (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 Severe household poverty, with a mean Relative Wealth Index of -0.344 placing Mohanganj in the poorest decile of upazilas nationally. So what: Extreme asset poverty leaves households with almost no buffer against flood-year crop loss. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
  2. climate disaster Sitting in the deep haor, Mohanganj is among the first to flood when pre-monsoon flash floods sweep the basin, threatening the boro crop before harvest. So what: Early inundation can destroy the year's only rice crop. Source: Department of Disaster Management
  3. infrastructure Deep-haor geography seasonally cuts off villages, with limited all-weather roads and submersible embankment protection. So what: Isolation delays relief and raises the cost of reaching markets and services. Source: Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)

Probable solutions