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Sulla (Sunamganj)

Local Gov

A small, isolated southern haor upazila of Sunamganj, almost entirely wetland and among the poorest sub-districts nationally.

Wealth rank 30/452 (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. poverty Sulla sits in the poorest national decile, with a mean Relative Wealth Index of about -0.321 (rank 30/452), reflecting extreme remote-haor deprivation. So what: Geographic isolation and poverty together blunt every coping option. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)
  2. climate disaster Pre-monsoon flash floods inundate Sulla's haors early, repeatedly destroying the upazila's single boro crop before harvest. So what: A failed boro leaves remote households without a fallback. Source: Department of Disaster Management
  3. infrastructure Sulla is cut off by water for much of the monsoon, with limited all-weather road access constraining markets, health care, and relief. So what: Seasonal isolation delays aid and raises the cost of every essential. Source: Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)

Probable solutions