KHUJAND, September 20, 2011, Asia-Plus -- A working group comprising representatives from the Sughd regional administration, Asht district administration, border operational group “Sughd” and the Sughd social protection department have visited the village of Sarvaki Bolo, which is Tajik exclave surrounded by Uzbek territory.

According to the Sughd regional administration, the working group has delivered food assistance to the village with some 500 residents.  The assistance included 5.5 tons of wheat flour, 550 kilograms of cooking (cotton) oil, salt, medicines, books, newspapers and magazines, as well as doors and windows for houses under construction.

On April 10 this year, Uzbek border guards closed the road connecting the village of Sarvaki Bolo and the administrative center of the Punuk jamoat in Asht district, the source added.