DUSHANBE, April 4, 2015, Asia-Plus – Recent torrential rains set off a mudslide down the hill in the Fayzobod district, killing at least ten people.
The Committee on Emergency Situations and Civil Defense under the Government of Tajikistan (CES) says the tragedy took place in the village of Yakabed in the Fayzobod district, some 50 kilometers to the east of Dushanbe.
The landslide occurred yesterday at 1:10 pm when residents of the Yakabed village were cleaning an irrigation canal.
At least ten men aged 18 to 52 were buried by the landslide. Rescue works. Led by the CES deputy head, Major-General Rustam Shoyev, are under way.
Earlier in February, avalanches caused by abrupt warming and heavy snowfall killed five people in the northern province of Sughd.
Mountains cover around 93 percent of Tajikistan, the country with a population of 8 million.
