Rogun tourism zone development programme: roads paved and service infrastructure improved

DUSHANBE, 29.10.2026 /Khovar/. By a decision of the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan dated 29 April 2023, the Rogun Tourism Zone Development Programme for 2024-2028 was approved and is being implemented in three stages. A Khovar correspondent spoke with Rogun Deputy Chairman Bahrom Sharafzoda about progress in the first stage.

According to him, more than 10 tourist sites were studied during the first stage and 6 locations were selected for future tourist routes. Over the past three years, 15 separate films and 30 short promotional clips about Rogun, the Rogun reservoir and other tourist sites have also been produced and published on state television and social media.

The report says that 35 km of the Obigarm–Nurobod road and 30 km of internal village and street roads were upgraded and asphalted, while water supply improvements were made for more than 190 households in the villages of Qal'ai Nav and Javoni. In addition, 11 investment projects were submitted and 8 projects are currently being implemented in the city.