The Committee on Housing and Communal Services under the Government of Tajikistan and UNICEF Tajikistan reported on 29 October 2026 that they had held a national workshop in Dushanbe to present Water Vulnerability Assessments and costed, climate-resilient Water Safety Plans for Abdurahmoni Jomi and Dusti districts in Khatlon region. The release said the assessments and plans set out how to make drinking water safe for more than 338,000 people, including children.

The workshop brought together senior committee officials, the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Surveillance Service, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population, district administrations, water utilities and development partners including JICA and the World Bank. The documents were prepared by Risha Solutions in partnership with the committee and the State Unitary Enterprise Khojagii Manziliyu Komunali, following the WHO approach to drinking water safety from source to tap and treating climate change as a factor that multiplies every risk.

According to the release, each plan sets out responsibilities, standard operating procedures for utility staff, emergency response plans for floods, heatwaves, drought and contamination, a monitoring framework with the sanitary service, and ready-to-print operational forms. The plans were also intended to help both districts operate and maintain new water systems being built with JICA support in Abdurahmoni Jomi and World Bank support in Dusti. The release added that 18 specialists from both districts took part in a two-day training in Bokhtar on 21–22 October 2026.