Tajikistan’s Agency for Land Reclamation and Irrigation is implementing five international projects worth nearly $179 million, but the sector continues to face serious challenges, including mudflow damage to canals, low payment collection and aging pumping infrastructure. Only 39 percent of the cost of water supplied to users is being paid, while dozens of pumping stations require modernization, Agency Director Zafarbek Davlatzoda said at a news…
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