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Sirajdikhan (Munshiganj)

Local Gov

A northern Munshiganj upazila on the Dhaka fringe, a relatively better-off potato-growing area absorbing the capital's southward expansion.

Wealth rank 443/452 (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

  1. air quality On the immediate Dhaka fringe, Sirajdikhan lies in the high-NO2 corridor driven by proximity to the capital, brick kilns and industrial traffic. So what: Residents face elevated air-pollution exposure. Source: Department of Environment
  2. urbanization Dhaka's southward growth across new bridge and highway links is converting the upazila's floodplain into settlement. So what: Unplanned conversion erodes farmland and flood buffers. Source: Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) / LGED
  3. agriculture Reliance on potato leaves cropland and incomes exposed to flood risk and limited cold storage. So what: Single-crop dependence raises post-harvest and price risk. Source: Department of Agricultural Extension

Probable solutions