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Baliakandi (Rajbari)

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An interior agrarian upazila in southern Rajbari on the Gorai/Chandana floodplain, away from the main ferry corridor.

Wealth rank 250/452 (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

agriculture Its farm economy depends on the Padma-Gorai floodplain, where rising dry-season surface heat and a warming trend stress boro and rabi cropping and raise irrigation demand. So what: Yields and water costs come under growing pressure. Source: Department of Agricultural Extension
climate disaster The Gorai and its distributaries bring monsoon flooding and bank erosion that consume farmland and homesteads along the river. So what: Cropland and riverside settlements are progressively lost. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board

Probable solutions

Expand efficient dry-season irrigation (buried pipe distribution, solar pumping) and heat-tolerant boro varieties across the floodplain Responsible: Department of Agricultural Extension · policy proposal
Construct and maintain bank-protection revetments and geo-bag works along the Gorai erosion fronts Responsible: Bangladesh Water Development Board · policy proposal