Tajkistan, Incidents

12:53, may 20, 2010

Amonatbonk builds houses for victims of Kulob flood

KULOB, May 20, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s savings bank, Amonatbonk, is the first to begin to construct houses for the flood-affected people on the outskirts of the village of Fayzobodi

19:36, may 14, 2010

Mudflows cause serious damage to Jomi district

QURGHON TEPPA, May 14, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Mudflows caused by torrential rain on the night of May 13-14 have caused serious damage to a number of villages in the Jomi district, Khatlon

19:17, may 14, 2010

Mudflow kills 12-year-old girl in Ghonchi

KHUJAND, May 14, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Heavy rains on May 12 caused mudflow that seriously affected the village of Surkhob in the Ghonchi district, Sughd province.

15:33, may 14, 2010

Mudflow kills 10-year boy in Fayzobod

DUSHANBE, May 14, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A mudflow that hit the village of Lolagi in the Fayzobod district, some 50 kilometers east of Dushanbe, yesterday killed the 10-year-old Rahmonali

14:46, may 14, 2010

Sanitary cordon created around tent city for disaster-hit people in Kulob

KULOB, May 14, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A sanitary cordon has been created around a tent city set up for disaster-hit people at the stadium in the city of Kulob.

19:56, may 13, 2010

Flood affects village in Shahritus

QURGHON TEPPA, May 13, 2001, Asia-Plus -- Torrential rain that hit the Shahritus district, Khatlon province Thursday afternoon caused flood that affected the village of Pakhtaobod, Rahimjon

12:05, may 13, 2010

PM visits disaster-hit areas in Kulob and Muminobod

KULOB, May 13, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov yesterday visited the city of Kulob and the Muminobod district that were seriously affected by May 7 floods and mudflows to get

19:02, may 12, 2010

Pension fund, Amonatbonk begin to pay pensions to disaster-hit people in Kulob

KULOB, May 12, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The branch of Tajikistan’s savings bank, Amonatbonk, in Kulob has begun to pay pensions and allowances for April-May to pensioners that were affected by a

11:13, may 12, 2010

Dushanbe to build 100 houses for disaster-hit people in Kulob

DUSHANBE, May 12, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Dushanbe mayor’s office has decided to fund construction of 100 houses for the disaster-hit residents of the city of Kulob, Shavkat Saidov, a

10:54, may 12, 2010

Sughd emergency management agency sends humanitarian aid to Kulob

KHUJAD, May 12, 2010, Asia-Plus -- The Sughd emergency management agency has provided humanitarian aid to the disaster-hit people in the Kulob zone of Khatlon province.

10:38, may 12, 2010

Federally funded organizations in GBAO support disaster-hit population in Kulob

KHOROG, May 12, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Employees of the federally funded organizations in Gorno Badakhshan have decided to give up their one-day wages to support the disaster-hit residents of

17:00, may 11, 2010

235 houses to be demolished in Kulob to establish safety zone along the Tebalay River

KULOB, May 11, 2010, Asia-Plus -- On Tuesday May 11, a special team of geologists completed a topographic survey of an area in the northeast part of the city of Kulob allotted for

16:31, may 11, 2010

Kulob stadium turns into tent city

KULOB, May 11, 2010, Asia-Plus -- A tent city for disaster-hit people has sprung up at the Kulob central stadium today.

11:37, may 11, 2010

Anger at Tajik authorities after floods

DUSHANBE, May 11, 2010, Asia-Plus – Search and rescue efforts are under way in Tajikistan''s southern Kulob region, where according to the authorities floods have killed at least 21 people,

18:45, may 8, 2010

Tajik floods kill 20 In Kulob

DUSHANBE, May 8, 2010, Asia-Plus – Strong rains have caused floods that have killed at least 20 people in the Kulob area of the southern Tajik province of Khatlon, RFE/RL''s Tajik Service reported

17:44, may 8, 2010

Special accounts opened at Amonatbonk to receive funds for disaster relief efforts

DUSHANBE, May 8, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s savings bank, Amonatbonk, has opened special accounts to receive funds for the Kulob disaster relief efforts.

17:21, may 8, 2010

Kulob mudflow death toll exceeds 10 and 40 other people reported missing

President Emomali Rahmon yesterday held an extraordinary meeting in Kulob to discuss mitigation of effects of mudflow that hit the city of Kulob and nearby areas on the night of May 6-7.

19:28, may 7, 2010

Kulob mudflow death toll rises to seven, officials says

A mudflow that hit the city of Kulob today early in the morning, at 1:40 am, was so powerful that people even did not have time to leave their houses.

15:15, may 7, 2010

Meteorologists forecast occasional heavy rains till the end of May

DUSHANBE, May 7, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Tajik meteorologists forecast occasional heavy rains in the country until the end of the month.

13:51, may 7, 2010

Kulob mudflow death toll rising

A Kulob mudflow death toll is rising.

12:13, may 7, 2010

Powerful mudflow kills three in Kulob

The mass of slurry has covered the Charmgari Poyon Street and the area of the Kulob bus terminal.

11:20, may 7, 2010

Gus supplies disrupted to Kulob because of accident on gas pipeline

KULOB, May 7, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Gas supplies were disrupted to the city of Kulob on May 5 as an accident occurred on the Baljuvon gas pipeline.

15:27, may 5, 2010

Torrential rain affects 71 households in Kulob

KULOB, May 5, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Heavy rains on the nigh of May 4-5 caused flooding that affected 71 households in the city and the district of Kulob, the Kulob emergencies official Orzou

11:07, april 30, 2010

Torrential rain causes serious damage to Panjakent district

DUSHANBE, April 30, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Torrential rain on Wednesday (April 28) evening caused flooding and mudflows that seriously affected a number of villages in the Panjakent district,

11:33, april 28, 2010

Tajik police arrested in death of detainee

DUSHANBE, April 28, 2010, Asia-Plus – Two police officers have been arrested in northern Tajikistan in connection with the recent death in police custody of Usman Boboev, RFE/RL''s Tajik Service

19:04, april 27, 2010

Body of man killed by last December avalanche found in Vanj

KHOROG, April 27, Asia-Plus -- The body of the 25-year-old resident of the village of Bunay in GBAO’s Vanj district, Nematullo Nodilyobov, who had been reported missing since last December,

18:54, april 27, 2010

Five killed in Sughd traffic accident

KHUJAND, April 27, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Five persons were killed on April 26 as two vehicles collided in Sughd province, according to the Sughd traffic police department.

18:55, april 24, 2010

174 households in Muminobod district reportedly affected by April mudflows

KULOB, April 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- Torrential rain on April 11-13 caused mudflows that reportedly affected 174 households in the Muminobod district, Khatlon province.

10:39, april 24, 2010

Two killed, four injured in accidents on construction sites in Q110

DUSHANBE, April 24, 2010, Asia-Plus -- In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, Murod Jourayev, the head of the State Committee fore Supervision of Safety of Work in Industry

12:35, april 23, 2010

April’s mudflows leave two dead in Shuroobod

Special commission has assessed damage caused by April heavy rains and mudflows to the Shuroobod district in Khatlon province at 5.2 million somoni. Two persons were killed by mudflows.