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Rangamati Sadar (Rangamati)

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The district seat on the Kaptai reservoir, the administrative, market and tourism hub of the hill district and its most connected 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

1. poverty Even as the district capital, the upazila records a low mean Relative Wealth Index of -0.285 (national rank 45 of 452, poorest decile), so cash incomes and asset ownership remain thin despite its hub status. So what: The relatively serviced sadar still sits among the poorest sub-districts in the country. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
2. water Households on remote paras and lake-fringe settlements around the sadar depend on the reservoir and untreated surface sources rather than reliable piped supply, as terrain limits network reach. So what: Dispersed hill households face unsafe and unreliable drinking water near the district centre. Source: Department of Public Health Engineering
3. climate disaster Steep, increasingly deforested slopes around the lakeside town are exposed to monsoon landslides and flash floods, a recurring hazard for hillside settlements in and around Rangamati town. So what: Monsoon rains threaten lives and homes on the unstable slopes ringing the sadar. Source: Department of Disaster Management

Probable solutions

• Landslide early-warning, hazard-zone mapping and managed relocation of households on the most unstable hillsides ahead of the monsoon. Responsible: Department of Disaster Management · policy proposal
• Gravity-fed piped schemes and spring-source protection for remote hill paras to replace dependence on the reservoir and untreated surface sources. Responsible: Department of Public Health Engineering · policy proposal