“Better to lie in a grave than to live without electricity”

Residents complain about power outages.

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Recently, with the onset of severe cold, residents have increasingly complained about the lack of electricity and poor living conditions in their homes. In their appeals to Emomali Rahmon, some even say that it is better to lie in a grave than to live in darkness and cold without electricity.

A Tajik mother from the Jaloliddin Balkhi district stated in a widely circulated video message to Emomali Rahmon that they have no electricity during this cold period. According to her, there is also no gas; they stood in line for three days but could not get gas. They cannot even prepare a hot breakfast for their children before sending them to school.

“During his television address, President Emomali Rahmon personally promised, swore by his mother’s milk, that we would be provided with electricity around the clock. For this, we all, from a seven-year-old child to a seventy-year-old elder, bought shares in the Rogun Hydropower Plant. But we have no electricity,” – she stated.

She mentioned that she is a mother and also a second-group disabled person, in addition to having a sick child.

“I ask you, do not sell electricity, provide our people, the Tajiks, with electricity; half of our people are dying here due to the cold and lack of electricity, while the other half are suffering in Russia,” – lamented the Tajik mother.

At the end of her appeal, the woman emotionally addressed the president.

“I ask you as a mother, give us electricity so that we can at least drink a cup of hot tea; half of our people are dying due to the lack of electricity. There has been no electricity for two nights, what is this?” – the woman pleaded with tears in her eyes.

The woman stated that they can no longer endure these conditions.

“We are tired; it is better to lie in a dark grave than to suffer from the cold and lack of electricity,” – she declared.

Daily complaints from residents about the lack of electricity are published on social media. No government officials are responding to these complaints, even on social networks.

Residents of multi-story buildings in district centers complain that they have fallen ill due to the lack of electricity. Even in the capital, heating systems are not working, causing residents, especially those with children and the sick, to suffer greatly during this cold period. However, the government is not taking any measures to improve the living conditions of the residents.