From the beginning of 2025, Tajikistan has strengthened controls on the weight and dimensions of cargo trucks, according to the Ministry of Transport (MoT).
“Drivers will be required to undergo weight and size checks upon the request of officials,” an official source at a Mot told Asia-Plus in an interview.
Violations of the regulations will hold both drivers and cargo senders accountable. The State Service for Supervision and Regulation in the Transport Sector has reportedly requested the Ministry of Industry and New Technologies to comply with established norms during cargo loading.
"The service has also created working and mobile groups and deployed them to cement plants, coal mines, sand and gravel processing quarries, and other industrial enterprises to explain the importance of adhering to the amended requirements," the source noted.
Currently, 30 weight and size control checkpoints equipped with modern systems operate on the country's roads. These systems can measure truck weight and dimensions even at high speeds of up to 120 km/h.
"Plans are underway to install additional checkpoints soon," the source said, noting that new checkpoints will be installed at two entry points to Dushanbe, as well as at the "Nurek" and "Guliston" cargo points in the Kulob zone of Khatlon province and the “Kizil-Qala" point in Khatlon’s Bokhtar zone.
He further emphasized that these measures aim to preserve road infrastructure and enhance traffic safety. Trucks weighing over 40 tons are banned in Tajikistan.
Over the first five months of 2024, over 100,000 trucks were reportedly weighed at checkpoints and by mobile groups. More than 1,000 violations of heavy and oversized cargo transport regulations were recorded, with fines totaling 3.4 million somonis (US$320,000).
