Ministerial Decree No. 80 establishing water protection conservation zones along the Kashkadarya River.

This Ministerial Decree designates 13 106.9 hectares of the Kashkadarya River as a water protection zone, and 1 567. 6 hectares of the river as a water conservation zone, in accordance with Annex 2. Local executive bodies shall have the power to expropriate coastal land from landlords and tenants and transfer them to water management organizations under the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Management for coastal reinforcement, forest reclamation and other measures to protect against water pollution. The State Committee on Land Resources shall issue certificates of indefinite land tenancy to such water management organizations.