Problems of traffic along the highway connecting the Tajik northern city of Khujand and Dushanbe has led to increase in prices for liquefied gas and gasoline in the Tajik capital.
Drivers say the price for one liter of liquefied gas has risen about 60 percent in Dushanbe over the past week.
The majority of refueling stations in Dushanbe now do not have liquefied gas. Meanwhile, More than 60 percent of the country's motor vehicles use liquefied gas as fuel.
Over the past week, the price for one liter of liquefied gas in Dushanbe has risen 40 dirams.
Liquefied gas suppliers say the price hike has resulted from problems of traffic along the Khujand-Dushanbe highway.
Representatives of one of companies engaged in supplying liquefied gas to Tajikistan told Asia-Plus today that they are running out of their liquefied gas stocks as the Dushanbe-Khujand highway is closed for traffic.
This company delivers liquefied gas to the central part of Tajikistan from Kazakhstan and Russia by road via the Tajik northern province of Sughd.
Other liquefied gas supplies, including Faroz Company, are also running out of liquefied gas.
Kazakhstan provides the bulk of Tajikistan’s liquefied gas imports, accounting for more than 70 percent of Tajikistan’s liquefied gas imports.
Tajikistan receives deliveries of liquefied gas by road and rail. More than 60 percent of the country's motor vehicles use liquefied gas as fuel.
Meanwhile, gasoline stocks are also running short in Dushanbe. According to some suppliers, the gasoline stocks are enough for not more than two days.
Thus, the price of one liter of 92-octane gasoline in Dushanbe has risen from 5.40 somoni to 5.90 somoni over the past week.
Heavy snowfalls in late January caused dozens of avalanches that blocked in some places the highway connecting Dushanbe and Khujand. They highway is periodically closed for traffic because of snow-slides in the Varzob Gorge.
