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Sundarganj (Gaibandha)

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A northern Gaibandha upazila straddling the Teesta, with extensive river chars exposed to flooding and bank erosion.

Wealth rank 199/452 (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

water Riverbank erosion along the Teesta continuously consumes Sundarganj's farmland and shifts the location of its habitable chars. So what: Char families lose cultivated land and homes to the river. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board
climate disaster High monsoon rainfall and Teesta flooding annually inundate Sundarganj's chars and floodplain, destroying crops and cutting off settlements. So what: Flooding repeatedly displaces households and wipes out harvests. Source: Department of Disaster Management

Probable solutions

Targeted riverbank protection and dredging on the most active Teesta erosion reaches to stabilise inhabited chars and farmland Responsible: Bangladesh Water Development Board · policy proposal
Char-focused resilience support with elevated plinths, flood-tolerant cropping and asset transfers for erosion-displaced households Responsible: Department of Disaster Management / Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) · policy proposal