DUSHANBE, September 3, Asia-Plus — On Saturday September 1, President Emomali Rahmon paid a short working visit to the Rasht district in eastern Tajikistan.
According to presidential press service, during his stay in the district, the president visited areas that had been affected by a tremor that hit Rasht on July 22.
Emomali Rahmon also participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for construction of a new school in the tremor-hit area.
The president also familiarized himself with a progress of construction of a building of the Rasht branch of Tajik National Pedagogical University named after Sadriddin Ayni in Gharm, the administrative center of the Rasht district.
The same day, president returned to Dushanbe.
We will recall that the earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit a number of villages in the Rasht district on June 22, at around 03:344 a.m., killing 3 boys from one family. 207 residential buildings were destroyed completely and more than 1,000 other houses were damage partially by the tremor. More than 1,500 people were left homeless
