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Atrai (Naogaon)

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A low-lying riverine upazila of Naogaon on the Atrai river, where floodplain paddy and seasonal inundation shape farming.

Wealth rank 188/452 (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 Low floodplain land along the Atrai river leaves crops and homesteads exposed to seasonal river flooding and waterlogging. So what: Flood damage to standing paddy and homesteads recurs in the monsoon. Source: Department of Disaster Management
water Outside the wet season the upazila shares the district's surface-water scarcity and leans on groundwater for dry-season irrigation. So what: Seasonal swings from flood to scarcity strain both drainage and dry-season water supply. Source: Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA)

Probable solutions

Strengthen river embankment and drainage management to reduce monsoon flood damage to floodplain paddy. Responsible: Bangladesh Water Development Board · policy proposal
Expand buried-pipe irrigation and pond re-excavation to secure dry-season water after floods recede. Responsible: Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) · Barind dry-season water management program