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World's Tallest Dam Project Gets New Life With Fresh World Bank Funding

Construction on Tajikistan’s massive Rogun Dam project has taken significant steps forward over the last year, seeming to put to rest doubts about the project’s viability that had bubbled up last…

  • World's tallest dam Rogun in Tajikistan receives $300 million World Bank grant
  • Project expanded to 1,155 meters, increasing water level by 49 meters
  • Completion could make Rogun the world's tallest dam at 335 meters

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