DUSHANBE, April 6, 2015, Asia-Plus – A search operation for the bodies of eight victims of the Fayzobod landslide is under way.
Orif Nozimov, a spokesman for the Committee on Emergency Situations and Civil Defense under the Government of Tajikistan (CES), said on April 6 that rescue and search works, led by the CES deputy head, Major-General Rustam Shoyev, are under way.
We will recall that recent torrential rains set off a mudslide down the hill in the Fayzobod district, killing at least ten people.
The tragedy took place in the Sholipoya area, not far from the village of Yakabed in the Fayzobod district, some 50 kilometers to the east of Dushanbe.
The landslide occurred Friday (April 3) afternoon, at around 1:10 pm, when residents of the Yakabed village were cleaning an irrigation canal.
At least ten men aged 17 to 52 were buried by the landslide: Shodmon Alimardonov; Mahmad Umarov; Khudoiberdi Odinayev; Islomiddin Abdulloyev; Said Jalilov; Daler Kabirov; Fakhriddin Nourov; Maqsoud Tolibov; Naim Qurbonov: and Maqsad Shodiyev.
Two bodies were recovered on the same day, April 3. They were identified as Shodmon Alimardonov, 25, and Mahmad Umarov, 28.
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.
