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Brahmanbaria Sadar (Brahmanbaria)

Local Gov

The district seat of Brahmanbaria on the Titas floodplain, the administrative, commercial and transport hub at the heart of the Dhaka-Chattogram corridor.

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 As the district's densest urban core, the sadar town concentrates road traffic, brick kilns and gas-based industry that drive nitrogen-dioxide and particulate pollution over its built-up area. So what: Residents in the town face chronic exposure to traffic and kiln emissions. Source: Department of Environment
2. urbanization Dense, largely unplanned built-up expansion in the sadar strains roads, drainage and municipal services in the district's most congested settlement. So what: Inadequate drainage and road capacity worsen monsoon waterlogging and daily congestion. Source: Local Government Engineering Department
3. climate disaster The town sits on flat, low-lying Titas-Meghna floodplain land exposed to seasonal river flooding and waterlogging. So what: Dense settlements and surrounding paddy are repeatedly inundated in the monsoon. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board

Probable solutions

• Master-planned urban expansion with adequate roads, drainage and stormwater systems to relieve congestion in the densely built core. Responsible: Local Government Engineering Department · policy proposal
• Enforce conversion of fixed-chimney brick kilns to cleaner technologies and tighten vehicle-emission and dust controls along the corridor. Responsible: Department of Environment · policy proposal