Uzbekistan has resumed gas supply to Khujand city in Tajikistan. Recently was held the supplies resuming ceremony, which was attended by the authorities of Sughd province, heads of supplying companies, local and foreign journalists.
At the first stage, the natural gas will be supplied to the city’s industrial facilities.
At present, more than half of the industrial plants have already declared a switch to other fuels. In the future, CJSC Sugdiyongaz intends to gradually start supplying gas to the households,” Abdulkhakim Sufiyev, the head of company said.
Uzbekistan suspended the supply of gas to Tajikistan in 2012. In September 2018, supplies to Tajikistan resumed.
There are over 150 industrial facilities in Khujand. Due to a lack of resources, some of them switched to electricity and coal.
