Comments on: Cold weather in Dushanbe

By: Hansjoerg

Hansjoerg — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 08:22:19 +0000

We (FSD) have been clearing landmines in Tajikistan for the last four years. We are now planning in providing emergency relief to those in need (provided we find the funds to finance that!).

By: Roger

Roger — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 21:26:36 +0000

What is the forecast? How long will this unusually severe winter last? Will it stll be like this come March (I’m traveling to Dushanbe in March). Will people, especially those in remote areas, stretch their meager resources until spring, whenever it comes?

By: Global Voices 日本語 » タジキスタン：氷河期

Global Voices 日本語 » タジキスタン：氷河期 — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:32:51 +0000

[…] タジキスタンでは待望のサングトダーI水力発電所が稼働を開始したにもかかわらず、国民はその変化を感じることがない。稼働しているのは（４つのうち）最初のタービンだけで、他の３つは今年末まで稼働しない。数日で寒気がタジキスタンから抜けると予測していた現地の気象学者の言葉とは裏腹に、気温はいまだマイナス16〜20度である。 […]

By: Global Voices Online » Tajikistan: The ice age. Now

Global Voices Online » Tajikistan: The ice age. Now — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:04:57 +0000

[…] first (out of four) turbines was launched and the other three will be on till the end of this year. Despite the promises of local meteorologist, who forecasted that the cold weather will leave Tajikistan in several days, […]

By: dancing dervish

dancing dervish — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:00:10 +0000

People in the rural areas are burning their last fuel wood resources.

By: Doroud

Doroud — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:22:30 +0000

If this is the situation in the capital, i wonder what people in the rural areas do…

By: tajikistan.neweurasia.net » Energy crisis sharpens

tajikistan.neweurasia.net » Energy crisis sharpens — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:29:00 +0000

[…] Vadim: Yes, Doroud, you’re right. There are many people who die of cold in their apartments. Especially the old… […]

By: New and cold Year « Central Asian Borders

New and cold Year « Central Asian Borders — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:09:42 +0000

[…] to - 30 degrees Celsius. There are several articles about cold winter hitting heating systems in Tajikistan). In Uzbekistan several water pipes were frozen and there are fears that the whole infrastructure, […]

By: Vadim

Vadim — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:09:02 +0000

Yes, Doroud, you’re right. There are many people who die of cold in their apartments. Especially the old people who have no one to take care of them. Those who don’t die, they suffer of cold-related diseases. This list of people includes not only the old but also the young people. The cold weather is still here, it is not going away despite the forecast of the meteorologists. It is still freezing. People turn on all of their heaters because they have no central heating. But it is does not help. It is almost impossible to heat an apartment with poor second rate Chinese heaters. It becomes even worse because the transformers and cables succumb the high pressure - too many heaters are turned on - and people stay for several days without electricity. Those responsible for fixing cables and transformers unhurriedly come to the site. Although they have to remove a glitch without charging residents of an apartment building, they wait until money is collected for them. This is happening in the capital of our country. It is really sad…

By: Doroud

Doroud — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:15:57 +0000

What they didn’t announce is the “weather” mortality rate; the number of people who die due to cold weather not in the streets, but in their homes…