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Rogun Dam is an embankment dam in the preliminary stages of construction on the Vakhsh River in southern Tajikistan. It is one of the planned hydroelectric power plants of Vakhsh Cascade. Over three decades only preliminary construction has been carried out on the dam. Due to its controversial state construction was suspended in August 2012 pending a World Bank report. The dam has drawn complaints from Uzbekistan downstream who fears it will negatively impact their lucrative cotton crops.