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Dimla (Nilphamari)

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A northern Teesta-side upazila of Nilphamari around the Teesta Barrage, with char settlements and flood-exposed paddy and maize 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. poverty Deep rural poverty, with a mean Relative Wealth Index of -0.262 placing Dimla in the second-poorest decile of upazilas nationally. So what: Severe asset poverty leaves Teesta-char households highly exposed to flood losses. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
2. climate disaster Lying around the Teesta Barrage, Dimla faces Teesta flooding and flash floods upstream of and around the barrage, with riverbank erosion in the chars. So what: Flooding and erosion destroy cropland and displace char families. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board
3. poverty Landless Teesta-char households face acute seasonal food insecurity during the lean period. So what: Lean-season hunger drives distress borrowing among the poorest. Source: Department of Disaster Management

Probable solutions

• Improve Teesta Barrage command-area drainage and embankment upkeep and coordinate cross-border flood early-warning for the Teesta Responsible: Bangladesh Water Development Board · policy proposal
• Continue social-protection and seasonal cash-for-work coverage targeted at landless Teesta-char households during the lean season Responsible: Department of Disaster Management / Department of Social Services · policy proposal