Month: <span>October 2025</span>

Month: October 2025

Central Asia, Paris worth a dam?

Tajikistan hit by an ice bomb: Melting glaciers threaten dams in Central Asia

Source: Rivers.Help! October 30, 2025 In the Tajikabad district of Tajikistan, a large mass of ice broke off from the glacier at the top of Ismoil Somoni peak. According to preliminary estimates, the size of the ice block is about two kilometers long, 25 meters high and up to 200 …

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Pitfalls of the Rogun Hydro: What fate awaits the people resettled from the inundation zone?

The Rogun HPP construction project in Tajikistan, in its current form, involves the forced resettlement of up to 60,000 local residents from the inundation zone. These people must leave their homes and their land to start a new life from scratch. Proponents of the project insist that this is the …