DUSHANBE, January 9, Asia-Plus -- “Debt of the public for electricity and natural gas is reducing and to date, collection of funds from the public for natural gas has amounted to 80%-90% and collection of funds from the public for electricity has amounted to 90%-95%,” Deputy Dushanbe Mayor, Fayzullo Isupov, remarked at a meeting of the commission for monitoring the situation with provision of the population with gas and electricity that was held on January 6. 

Heads of the Dushanbe electricity, gas and heat supplies services reported on the work carried out following applications by the city-dwellers.  

During the meeting it was noted that in microrayon 91, 24 of 37 residential buildings were providing with heat, in microrayon 92 – 27 of 34 residential buildings. 

Deputy Dushanbe Mayor, Fayzullo Isupov, telling the meeting proposed to solve the problem with regular gas supplies due to saving on the city’s thermoelectric power stations.  

Firs deputy head of “Tojikgaz” (Tajik state gas concern) State Unitary Enterprise, Shavkat Shoimov, noted that “Barqi Tojik” (Tajik electric System) Company having the Dushanbe thermoelectric power station under its authority was in debt to “Tojikgaz” to the tune of some US$1 million.  

Deputy head of the “Barqi Tojik” Company, Jamshed Mansurov, for his part, noted that they have not been able to pay their debt because the Tajik Aluminum Plant (TadAZ) has not yet paid his debt of some US$18 million to them.