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Comilla Sadar South (Comilla)

Local Gov

The peri-urban southern half of the Comilla district seat on the Dhaka-Chattogram corridor, mixing dense settlement, small industry, and intensive farming.

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 Bordering the urban core and the Dhaka-Chattogram highway, the upazila is exposed to corridor traffic, industry, and brick-kiln emissions. So what: Peri-urban communities face elevated air-pollution exposure. Source: Department of Environment
2. urbanization Built-up expansion radiating from Comilla town is consuming adjacent fertile triple-cropped farmland. So what: Unplanned sprawl permanently erodes prime cropland. Source: Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)

Probable solutions

• Enforce vehicle-emission and freight standards and phase out fixed-chimney brick kilns along the corridor. Responsible: Department of Environment · policy proposal
• Apply agricultural-land-protection zoning to steer urban sprawl away from triple-cropped land. Responsible: Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) · policy proposal