DUSHANBE, July 29, 2015, Asia-Plus – Tajik President Emomali Rahmon today visited the Shugnan district of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO).
In the village Boghev of the Suchon jamoat, the president cut the ribbon to officially open the GBAO’s first flour mill, according to the president’s official website.
Construction of this flour mill with capacity of producing 60 tons of wheat flour per day began in 2013 and 13 million somoni were reportedly spent for implementation of this project. The enterprise reportedly created 30 new jobs for local residents.
During a meeting with local residents, President Rahmon assured them that all disaster-affected families will be provided with new houses.
Rahmon also informed residents of Shugnan of the government’s plans to build new schools, medical and social facilities as well as small hydropower plants in the district, the source said.
We will recall that severe mudflows triggered by glacial melt amid abnormally hot weather in the country affected the villages of Barsem, Berdibekobod and Kolkhozobod in the Shugnan district on July 16. The mudflows carrying with them the mass of slurry, huge rocks and uprooted trees formed a giant dam blocking the Ghund River and creating an artificial lake. Mudslides and floods destroyed dozens of residential buildings, trade and cultural facilities, electricity lines, and an irrigation system in the mentioned villages.
According to the government data, mudslides and floods destroyed 72 residential buildings in the Shugnan district. The families whose houses were destroyed were moved to a safer area and settled in a temporary tent camp.
Families, whose residential buildings were destroyed completely, received 10,000 somoni each and families, whose residential buildings were damaged martially, have received 6,000 somoni each.
