DUSHANBE, February 10, 2009, Asia-Plus — The supply of daily electrical power to residential customers in Dushanbe has been reduced to eleven hours.
Starting from today, the Tajik capital residential communities will have four hours of electricity in the morning (from 5:00 am to 9:00) and seven hours in the evening (from 4:00 pm to 11:00 pm).
According to Shavkat Saidov, a spokesman for the Dushanbe mayor, the decision to reduce electricity supplies to residential customers was made by the mayor’s office following request by Barqi Tojik (Tajik electric systems) power holding.
As it had been reported earlier, electricity rationing was introduced in Dushanbe on January 27. The rationing has not affected the strategic sites in the city.
