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Palash (Narsingdi)

Local Gov

An industrial upazila of Narsingdi on the Shitalakshya river near the Dhaka corridor, home to textile and chemical industry and the Ghorashal fertiliser and power complex.

Wealth rank 435/452 (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 Industrial and dyeing effluent from the upazila's factory cluster discharges into the Shitalakshya, degrading surface water that supports downstream irrigation. So what: River pollution undermines irrigation and aquatic life downstream. Source: Department of Environment
urbanization Rapid built-up expansion along the Dhaka corridor is converting the upazila's farmland and floodplain into unplanned industrial and residential settlement. So what: Unplanned conversion erodes farmland and floodplain. Source: LGED

Probable solutions

Enforce mandatory functioning ETPs and real-time effluent monitoring at industrial and dyeing units discharging into the Shitalakshya. Responsible: Department of Environment · effluent monitoring enforcement program
Adopt and enforce a district land-use plan that protects floodplain and farmland from unplanned built-up conversion along the corridor. Responsible: LGED · policy proposal