Energy crisis aggravating in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE (Itar-Tass) – – Supply of electricity to the Tajik capital has been toughened ever more. Now electricity will be supplied eight hours a day instead of 17 hours as before.

The state energy company Barki Tojik has been confirmed this fact on Thursday, stressing that these measures were adopted in connection with the aggravating energy crisis in the country. The republic

According to head of the press centre of the company Nozirdzhon Edgori, an alarming situation has developed at the Nurek hydroelectric power station – – the chief producer of electric power in the republic. Over the past 24 hours, the level of water in the station reservoir dropped by almost one metre and a half below the critical mark which can cause an emergency situation at the station and its final stoppage. Now the Nurek hydroelectric power station generates 25 million instead of 40 million kilowatt hours a day.

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