KHUJAND, December 17, 2011, Asia-Plus – Two people, including a three-year-old baby died from carbon monoxide poisoning in two separate cases in the northern Sughd province on Friday, December 16.
In both fatal accidents, they got poisoned while using coal-burning stove, the Sughd police directorate said.
One of these fatal accidents took place in the Pouloton jamoat, Konibodom district. A 20-year-old woman died from carbon monoxide poisoning there.
Another fatal accident occurred in the Bobojonghafurov district, where a three-year-old baby died from carbon monoxide poisoning.
We will recall that six persons, including four children, died from carbon monoxide poisoning in two separate accidents in Roudaki and Rumi districts on December 11 Both families got poisoned while using ‘sandali’ (Tajik traditional stove) to warm themselves.
Small, low, wooden table is placed over charcoal brazier and blanket is spread out over the table so that it drapes to the floor. Then the family members sit around the ‘sandali’ (as the system is called), covering legs under the blanket to absorb the heat.
Because of lack of electricity during autumn-winter period, such wood and charcoal-burning stoves are popular in rural areas.
Barqi Tojik state electricity company announced the imposition of a new rationing for electricity supplies throughout the country on October 13. The rationing has gone into effect in the regions, with the exception of the capital Dushanbe and other large cities of the country.
Last year, the electricity rationing was introduced in Tajikistan on November 22, 2010 and lasted through April 2011.
Measures rationing electricity supplies are usually introduced in all regions except Dushanbe and seek to curb the country”s rising electricity consumption. The rationing is introduced in October or November and lasts through April next year. The rationing results in the supply of daily electrical power being reduced to 12 or 10 hours. In addition to curbing rising consumption, the move also stems from a decline in the water level in the country”s reservoirs powering the main hydroelectric power plants.
