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Naogaon Sadar (Naogaon)

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The administrative and commercial seat of Naogaon district on the Barind tract, where district offices and the main market town concentrate.

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. water As the district seat on the dry Barind tract with little surface water nearby, dry-season demand for irrigation and town supply leans heavily on groundwater abstraction. So what: Falling water tables threaten both irrigated paddy and municipal supply. Source: Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA)
2. air quality The sadar town carries the district's heavy seasonal particulate haze from brick kilns clustered around the town periphery and crop-residue burning in surrounding fields. So what: Townspeople face sustained exposure to fine-particle pollution. Source: Department of Environment
3. poverty Household wealth in the sadar sits only modestly above the district floor, with a mean Relative Wealth Index of -0.078 (decile 6 of 10). So what: Even the district's most urbanised upazila remains below the national wealth midpoint. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

Probable solutions

• Expand buried-pipe irrigation and re-excavate town-edge ponds and canals to reduce dry-season groundwater dependence. Responsible: Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) · Barind dry-season water management program
• Enforce brick-kiln conversion to cleaner technology around the town and curb crop-residue burning, paired with air-quality monitoring. Responsible: Department of Environment · policy proposal