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Madhabpur (Habiganj)

Local Gov

A southern Habiganj upazila on the Dhaka-Sylhet corridor combining tea estates, hill forest, and a growing corridor industrial belt.

Wealth rank 198/452 (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

environment Pressure on the southern hill and reserve forests drives forest loss in the upazila even as the district greens overall. So what: Forest degradation weakens watershed protection and biodiversity. Source: Bangladesh Forest Department
economy Corridor industrial estates have not translated into broad-based local economic brightening for the upazila's tea-estate and rural population. So what: Industrial growth bypasses surrounding low-income communities. Source: Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority / Petrobangla

Probable solutions

Halt encroachment on reserve and hill forests through participatory forest co-management and native-species replanting. Responsible: Bangladesh Forest Department · policy proposal
Tie industrial-park revenue to local benefit-sharing and skills programs so corridor industry hires and trains nearby tea-estate residents. Responsible: Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority / Petrobangla · policy proposal