"Clean Air" environmental campaign in the city of Dushanbe                                                                                                    

In order to improve atmospheric air and prevent violations in this direction, the Main Department for Environmental Protection in the city of Dushanbe, together with the Department of Environmental Protection and Tourism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan, conducted a joint operation in the city of Dushanbe called “Clean air is the key to life health”.

During the operation, which took place mainly at entry points in the four directions of the city of Dushanbe, as well as on protocol streets and avenues, it turned out that until now drivers of vehicles pay insufficient attention to the current rules on environmental protection during passenger transportation and cargo transportation, which causes pollution of streets and avenues.

According to the Department of Transport of the Executive Body of the State Authority of the city of Dushanbe, 36 public passenger enterprises currently serve the city's population.

In this context, inspectors of the Department of Environmental Protection and Tourism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan in the city of Dushanbe got acquainted with the activities of passenger transport companies and gave recommendations to the administrators of these organizations on the conduct of passenger companies, taking into account the sharp reduction of transport emissions into the atmospheric air.

Unfortunately, during the action on the streets and squares, it was revealed that the drivers of individual vehicles when transporting goods on protocol streets ignored the rules, transported uncovered goods (crushed stone, sand, etc.) the technical condition of the transport did not comply with the established rules.

During the operation, a protocol on administrative offenses was drawn up against 7 drivers of vehicles due to road pollution, taking into account the excess of the established norms for the content of exhaust gases of the internal combustion engine of motor vehicles and duty-free transportation of loose cargo.

The Main Department of Environmental Protection in the city of Dushanbe in cooperation with the Department of Environmental Protection and Tourism of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan in the city of Dushanbe for 9 months of this year revealed 1,527 violations in the field of environmental protection and opened administrative cases.

The Department of Environmental Protection in the city of Dushanbe takes urgent measures to improve the environment, especially in ensuring the purity of atmospheric air, the improvement of neighborhoods and mahallas, takes measures against violations in this direction.