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Jointapur (Sylhet)

Local Gov

A northeastern border upazila against the Meghalaya hills, with haor wetlands, hill-foot settlements, and a cross-border trade and smuggling frontier.

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. climate disaster As a hill-foot border upazila, it is exposed early to flash floods from Meghalaya runoff that surge through its haor lowlands during the monsoon. So what: Boro crops and haor-edge settlements are repeatedly inundated. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board / Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre
  2. governance Its position on the porous India-Bangladesh frontier makes cross-border smuggling and informal trade a persistent challenge for local administration. So what: Revenue leakage and weak border control undermine local order. Source: Bangladesh Land Port Authority / Border Guard Bangladesh

Probable solutions