In Tajikistan, the price of “tappak” has increased. Rahmon has a role in this.

With the onset of cold weather, Tajikistan is once again facing problems with electricity outages and shortages of firewood and other types of fuel.

Residents complain that this year the cold has hit much earlier compared to previous years. Now, residents are seriously considering heating and lighting their homes.

President Rahmon and his government have openly told residents in recent years that they cannot do anything about this issue. Since 2010, he has warned in his annual addresses to residents that each household should stock up on food and fuel for two years.

This year, although the cold has already arrived, he has not personally called for this yet. However, the Minister of Energy and Water Resources of Tajikistan, Daler Jum’a, stated back in August of this year that “the population needs to seriously prepare and stock up on coal.”

President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon has repeatedly promised that the electricity consumption limit would become a thing of the past in the future, but today, after the commissioning of two units of the Rogun Hydroelectric Power Station and an increase in electricity supplies to Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, he has not kept his promise.

Thus, instead of taking urgent measures to solve the residents’ problems to ensure access to electricity and heat, the government has urged the population to solve their own problems. As a result, prices for firewood and coal have sharply increased.

Today, residents complain that coal has become more expensive, which is why they are increasingly using cow dung to heat their homes.

The Asia-Plus agency reports that a kilogram of local coal on the country’s markets today costs between 2 and 2.5 somoni. For a kilogram of Kyrgyz coal, prices range from 3.5 to 4 somoni.

Residents have reported that to heat one room during the winter season, an average family requires more than a ton of coal. Additionally, firewood and “tappak,” or cow dung, are also used.

Today in Tajikistan, especially in rural areas, tappak (cow dung) is considered the main fuel during the winter period. Residents try to stock up on tappak to heat their homes during the winter cold. “Asia-Plus,” citing sellers, reports that a Hyundai Porter truck filled with tappak in Tajikistan today costs about 1500 somoni.

Tappak, or cow dung, is made from cow manure that is then dried. It was once used only in remote villages for cooking and baking bread in a tandyr. However, after Rahmon came to power in Tajikistan and the introduction of limits on electricity supply during the autumn-winter period, this locally produced fuel gradually became popular even in cities and surrounding areas.

It is important to note that recently, the authorities in Tajikistan have been very cautious and do not mention the word “tappak,” as among dissatisfied residents and the opposition, President Rahmon has been nicknamed “Tappak.” This occurred after Rahmon warned residents in one of his addresses to stock up on tappak (cow dung) for the winter.

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