BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 16
By Ilkin Seyfaddini - Trend:
Uzbekistan has allocated 1.5 trillion soum ($148.5 million) from the state budget to support the population and reconstruction work after the Sardoba dam collapse, Trend reports citing the data of Yuksalish nationwide movement.
Of this amount, 123 billion soum ($12,1 million) will be spent to repair houses. It is also planned to build three new arrays and several social facilities.
In addition, 163 billion soum ($16.1 million) will spent on potable water restoration and implementation, 390 billion soum ($38.4 million) – on restoration of roads and bridges, 100 billion soum ($9.8 million) - irrigation system, 13 billion soum ($1.2 million) - communication system, 22 billion soum ($2.1 million) - natural gas supply, 68 billion soum ($6.6 million) - on electricity and one billion soum ($98,498) will be spent to document recovery.
On May 1, 2020, heavy rains caused a Sardoba dam wall nearby the districts to collapse partially, flooding a large land area. As a result of the emergency accident, 2,570 individual and 76 apartment buildings in Sardoba, Akalty and Mirzaobod districts were destroyed. Furthermore, 1,781 individual houses and 52 multi-storey houses were partially flooded. Approximately 70 social, production and service facilities, about 20,000 hectares of agricultural land, 828 kilometers of roads, electricity, gas and water supply networks, and communication lines were damaged.
About 90,000 residents of Sardoba, Akalty and Mirzaobod districts were evacuated to safe areas.
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