Hundreds of residents of multi-story residential buildings from various cities and regions are complaining about power outages and the lack of hot water. According to media reports, on March 1, 2024, a failure occurred in the energy system in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, leaving the city without electricity. Some sources report that traffic lights […]
Hundreds of residents of multi-story residential buildings from various cities and regions are complaining about power outages and the lack of hot water.
According to media reports, on March 1, 2024, a failure occurred in the energy system in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, leaving the city without electricity.
Some sources report that traffic lights in Dushanbe were not functioning for some time, and there was a lack of communication and internet.
Several days ago, the management of Dushanbe’s power grid confirmed that a limit on electricity consumption has been introduced in the capital. However, unlike the current situation with power outages, the introduced limit affected not the entire capital, but only certain specific areas.
Hundreds of residents in the capital are complaining on social media about the lack of electricity, as well as the shutdown of heating and the cessation of drinking water supply.
According to residents, at the time of the power outage, some mobile operators, such as “Megafon-Tajikistan,” limited their services in certain areas of the capital and other cities and regions of Tajikistan, including mobile communication and internet.
Hundreds of residents from other cities and regions of Tajikistan, including regions under republican subordination, Sogd and Khatlon provinces, are also complaining about power outages.
On March 1, a source from Khatlon province told Azda TV that previously electricity was available for 8-10 hours a day, but during severe frosts and heavy snowfall, electricity is provided for 1 hour in the morning and 1 hour in the evening.
Another source from the city of Dushanbe reported that due to the lack of electricity and cold, many residents of the capital have left the city to stay with relatives in other cities and regions.
The management of “Barki Tojik” and the power grid has not yet commented on the failure in the energy system.
However, “Asia-Plus,” citing yet unconfirmed sources, reports that the problems with electricity supply arose due to an accident at the Nurek Hydroelectric Power Station.
Due to the power outage, in Dushanbe on the night of February 28 of this year, six members of one family died from carbon monoxide poisoning. It was reported that the head of the family used a coal stove to heat the house, but all members died from carbon monoxide: he himself, his wife, and four small children. This news sparked a strong public reaction.
On February 13, 2024, the director of the state energy holding company “Barki Tojik,” Mahmadumar Asozoda, stated at a press conference that Tajikistan has increased electricity supplies to Afghanistan by 20 percent. This year, nearly 2 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity will also be supplied to Afghanistan. In Afghanistan, where the Taliban movement is in power, which is recognized as a terrorist organization in Tajikistan, any cooperation with them is considered a crime.