Last month a new water supply project was inaugurated in Pashor village of Shugnan district by the GBAO Governor, representatives of the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) Tajikistan and community members. The project will improve access to safe drinking water for 92 households (552 individuals) in this rural and remote region. The implemented water supply system in Pashor village is part of a broader project, the Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation Management Project in Tajikistan (SWSMT). Under the SWSMT project, AKF Tajikistan implemented 77 water supply systems constructed in rural areas of three districts of Eastern Khatlon and seven districts of GBAO. In total, more than 42,000 people now have access to safe drinking water. The SWSMT project has seen a shift from the construction of public water supply systems outside of the household to private-metered household connections. Under this project, the implementing agencies and communities planned, designed, and constructed more sophisticated distribution networks with individual household connections.