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Ashuganj (Brahmanbaria)

Local Gov

A Meghna-side industrial and power-generation upazila with a major river port, power complex and the country's largest inland fertilizer and grain trade nodes.

Wealth rank 428/452 (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. air quality Concentrated gas-based power generation, river-port handling and industry make Ashuganj a local hotspot for nitrogen-dioxide and combustion-driven particulate haze. So what: Workers and nearby communities bear heavy localized air pollution. Source: Department of Environment
  2. infrastructure Its Meghna river port and grain-handling terminals face siltation, congestion and freight-handling bottlenecks that constrain inland cargo movement. So what: Inefficient port operations raise transport costs along the inland waterway. Source: Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority
  3. climate disaster Riverside location on the low-lying Meghna floodplain exposes the upazila to seasonal flooding and bank pressure. So what: Flooding threatens settlements and port-adjacent infrastructure. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board

Probable solutions