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Parshuram (Feni)

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The northernmost upazila of Feni, a small border tract nearly surrounded by India's Tripura state and threaded by the Muhuri river, repeatedly hit by trans-boundary flash floods.

Wealth rank 388/452 (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. climate disaster Hill runoff and high rainfall from the Tripura side surge down the Muhuri river through Parshuram, breaching embankments and causing severe flash floods. So what: Repeated embankment breaches inundate farmland and villages. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board / Department of Disaster Management
  2. governance As a near-enclave border upazila, Parshuram faces cross-border informal trade and smuggling pressures and difficult border management. So what: Informal flows complicate local regulation and revenue. Source: Bangladesh Land Port Authority
  3. poverty Parshuram's mean Relative Wealth Index of 0.175 (national rank 388/452) is comparatively high but still reflects standing within a nationally poor distribution. So what: Local wealth offers little buffer against recurrent flood losses. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

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