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Nageshwari (Kurigram)

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A northern border upazila of Kurigram on the Dharla floodplain, an impoverished agrarian community of subsistence farming and chars.

Wealth rank 73/452 (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

poverty A mean Relative Wealth Index of -0.235 (national rank 73/452, second decile) places Nageshwari among the poorest upazilas nationally, consistent with deprivation concentrated on Kurigram's river chars. So what: Deep poverty leaves households acutely exposed to floods and lean-season hunger. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
climate disaster On the Dharla floodplain, the upazila faces the severe monsoon flooding documented across Kurigram's river systems. So what: Recurrent flooding destroys crops and assets of already poor households. Source: Department of Disaster Management

Probable solutions

Seasonal employment and food-security programming timed to the lean monga period, paired with flood-resilient asset support Responsible: Department of Disaster Management · policy proposal
River training and erosion protection on the Dharla to stabilise inhabited chars and reduce annual land loss Responsible: Bangladesh Water Development Board · policy proposal