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Nannerchar (Rangamati)

Local Gov

A small, remote northern hill upazila of dispersed indigenous paras with limited road access and a jhum-and-horticulture livelihood base.

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. economy Off-grid remoteness keeps the hill interior largely outside the cash economy, with livelihoods limited to shifting cultivation, fruit horticulture and forest produce far from any market town. So what: Isolation confines households to subsistence and blocks market access. Source: Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Board
  2. climate disaster Heavy monsoon rainfall on steep, deforested slopes drives landslides and flash floods that damage homes and sever the few connecting tracks. So what: Seasonal hazards endanger and cut off remote paras. Source: Department of Disaster Management
  3. water Dispersed upland households depend on springs and untreated streams rather than reliable piped supply, as terrain limits network coverage. So what: Communities rely on unsafe, seasonal water sources. Source: Department of Public Health Engineering

Probable solutions