MIR, the CIS TV Channel, reported that currently some states of the region experience shortage of drink and spray water. Tajikistan and Kyrgyz Republic plant to build large hydro power stations at Amudarya and Syrdarya rivers.

Uzbekistan expressed its concern over these projects as they can further damage ecologic situation in the Central Asian. The report said that the issue will be discussed in "the highest interstate level". Nearest meeting on the problem will be held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, in October.