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Pangsha (Rajbari)

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A western Rajbari upazila on the Padma-Gorai floodplain along the Dhaka-Kushtia highway, agrarian with an erosion-prone riverfront.

Wealth rank 152/452 (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

climate disaster Padma and Gorai bank erosion and monsoon flooding along the upazila's riverfront consume farmland and homesteads each year. So what: Riverside households progressively lose land and shelter. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board
poverty With a Relative Wealth Index mean of -0.136 (decile 4 of 10), the upazila ranks among the poorer parts of the district, leaving erosion-affected farming households thinly resourced. So what: Repeated land loss falls on households with little buffer. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

Probable solutions

Construct and maintain bank-protection revetments and geo-bag works along the Padma and Gorai erosion fronts Responsible: Bangladesh Water Development Board · policy proposal
Pre-position erosion-displacement support (khas-land resettlement, cash-for-relocation) for riverside households before each monsoon Responsible: Department of Disaster Management · policy proposal