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Habiganj Sadar (Habiganj)

Local Gov

The district seat of Habiganj on the Dhaka-Sylhet corridor, the administrative and commercial hub bridging haor lowland and the industrial-park belt.

Wealth rank 288/452 (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

economy Despite the corridor industrial estates and nearby gas fields, energy and industrial activity has not translated into broad-based local economic brightening around the sadar. So what: Industrial presence yields little broad-based local income gain. Source: Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority / Petrobangla
water The district's very limited year-round surface water leaves the sadar reliant on scarce dry-season supply outside the monsoon flood pulse. So what: Dry-season scarcity stresses the town's water supply. Source: Local Government Engineering Department

Probable solutions

Tie gas-field and industrial-park revenue to local benefit-sharing and skills programs so corridor industry hires and trains nearby residents. Responsible: Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority / Petrobangla · policy proposal
Develop dry-season surface-water harvesting and re-excavate silted khals and beels to restore retention for supply. Responsible: Local Government Engineering Department · policy proposal