Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Nov 14, 2025 (AFP) - Water shortage pushes Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan into energy crisis

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2025-11-14

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are facing an energy crisis as water levels have plummeted at the reservoirs powering their largest hydropower stations, officials said this week. The two landlocked Central Asian countries are heavily reliant on hydropower. Both use massive Soviet-built hydropower plants for their domestic electricity output. The water level in the reservoir connected to Tajikistan's Nurek power plant has dropped by 2.47 metres (8.1 fe......

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