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Kalihati (Tangail)

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A central Tangail upazila straddling the floodplain near the Jamuna corridor, with rice agriculture and handloom weaving traditions.

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 Kalihati lies near Tangail's Jamuna-fed flood-and-erosion frontier on the district's western edge, exposing riverine fields and households to flooding and bank erosion. So what: Erosion and flooding displace households and destroy cropland along the river margin. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board
2. economy Local livelihoods reflect the district's slow economic-activity growth, with handloom weaving under pressure from limited credit and market access. So what: Stagnant non-farm income drives out-migration of younger workers. Source: Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC)
3. poverty Kalihati records an RWI mean of 0.224, among the highest wealth deciles in the upazila distribution. So what: Comparative wealth coexists with localized exposure of char and riverbank households. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

Probable solutions

• Strengthen Jamuna-margin flood protection and char-land early-warning to safeguard rice agriculture and riverine households Responsible: Bangladesh Water Development Board · policy proposal
• Design, credit, and market-linkage support for the local handloom cluster to raise rural incomes Responsible: Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) · BSCIC handloom cluster support