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Rehabilitated Water Pump Reduces Tension Among Communities in Panjakent District
In a remote and isolated region of Tajikistan, USAID’s Peaceful Communities Initiative Project (PCI) helped end a decades-long dispute over water between two communities in Jamoat Hurmi in Panjakent District.
The project, implemented by Mercy Corps, rehabilitated a water pump, which has not worked in the 15 years since Tajikistan’s independence. The pump had caused continuous tension between the ethnic Turk minority community in the village of Shingak and the neighboring village of Garibak. PCI renovated the pump and the station house, and laid new pipes that will irrigate at least 75 hectares of land.
Apart from improving relations between the two neighbor communities, the project will bring economic benefits and reduce labor migration from the Jamoat. PCI will follow up with training for the community on maintenance, sustainability, and principles of sharing water.
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Access to water is one of the several issues tackled by USAID’s Peaceful Communities Initiative to reduce tension among communities.
PHOTO CREDIT: Mercy Corps |
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