What is the reason for the occurrence of sandstorms in Uzbekistan?
04/12/2021 09:57
What is the reason for the occurrence of sandstorms in Uzbekistan?
04/12/2021 09:57
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The cause of sandstorms in Uzbekistan is the sand of the desert, and not the rapid construction in the republic, Aziz Kalimbetov, head of the state committee for ecology of the republic, said at a briefing on 3 December, centralasia.media reported.
“The dust storm, which we have observed for the first time in the country over the past 150 years, is not associated with a large number of construction projects. In this case, the sand of the desert penetrates us with gusts of wind,” Kalimbetov said.
At the same time, the official did not connect the sandstorms with the massive felling of trees, mainly plane trees throughout the republic. However, he said that in Uzbekistan, greening occupies 8% of the entire territory, and according to world standards, it should be at the level of 30%.
Kalimbetov said that in the coming years, it is planned to reduce the level of pollution in Uzbekistan using modern technologies. Within two years, until 2023, a program for updating dust and gas equipment will be developed and work will begin. He emphasized that now more than 60% of almost 6,500 dust and gas appliances do not work and the equipment has not been modernized in the past 10 years.
On November 4, dust storms hit Uzbekistan, which blew off the roof of the building of the mayor’s office in the Peshkun district of the Bukhara region of Uzbekistan. Then "Uzhydromet" said that this had not been observed for 150 years.
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