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Saghata (Gaibandha)

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A char and floodplain upazila on the Brahmaputra-Jamuna in southeastern Gaibandha, its riverside chars subject to flooding and erosion.

Wealth rank 139/452 (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

water Riverbank erosion along the Brahmaputra-Jamuna continuously consumes Saghata's farmland and shifts the location of its habitable chars. So what: Families repeatedly lose land and must relocate. Source: Bangladesh Water Development Board
climate disaster Annual monsoon flooding inundates Saghata's low chars and riverside land, destroying crops and isolating settlements. So what: Recurrent inundation drives displacement and lost harvests. Source: Department of Disaster Management

Probable solutions

Targeted riverbank protection and dredging on the most active erosion reaches to stabilise inhabited chars and farmland Responsible: Bangladesh Water Development Board · policy proposal
Char-focused resilience support with elevated homestead plinths, flood-tolerant cropping and asset transfers for erosion-displaced households Responsible: Department of Disaster Management / Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) · policy proposal