Bio-diversity

Small villages and hamlets located in remote districts experience severe hardships with electricity supply during cold spells. Insufficient electricity production in the country, leads to limited electricity supply to rural population (except capital and GBAO) during winter periods (4-5 hours/ day). Unavailability of electricity forced local people to seek for local alternative supplies for heating and cooking needs. They use fair-wood, coal, fuel, etc. As a result, emission of carbon-dioxide gas in open air is increased and neglected. This greatly impacted to the increase of risks for occurrences of respiratory diseases among local population, in particularly women and children. The demand for alternative supplies in the rural areas in winter is so high and sometimes not enough and, or at affordable price. This pushed local community to cutoff trees and bush-plants on hills and mountain slopes thereby increased the risks of natural disasters, landslides and flashfloods, as well as loss of biodiversity. One of the accessible alternatives is a small-capacity fuel generator (Chinese), producing electricity in little quantities. In average, a family using such device is to spent some TJS 150-200 (or $45) per month, in winter, to purchase fuel, which is additional burden on a family budget. The prevailed very low living condition turned more down due to no electricity supply. The local people are in informational isolation which contributes to the decrease of civic awareness and education levels. The project is envisaged construction of mini-Hydro power station and supply of electricity to some 2,729 community residents of two villages of Chashmasor jamoat/ commune of Faizobod district.

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