Tajik, Russian Officials Inspect Major Power Plant Construction Site
Posted on: Friday, 5 August 2005, 15:00 CDT
Excerpt from report by Tajik news agency Asia-Plus
Dushanbe, 5 August: [Tajik] Deputy Prime Minister Asadullo Ghulomov, Energy Minister Jurabek Nurmahmadov and representatives from the government, the Barq-i Tojik [Tajik electricity] company and the RAO YeES [Russian unified energy systems] left for the construction site of the Sangtuda-1 hydroelectric power station this morning, the head of Barq-i Tojik, Karim Niyozov, has told Asia- Plus.
He said that a meeting of the headquarters would be held there today to discuss the progress of construction.
We recall that a ceremony to recommence the construction of the station was held in April 2005.
[Passage omitted: Known details of Tajik-Russian agreement on building the station]
Construction work is currently in full swing, Niyozov said.
We also recall that a seminar entitled "The drawing up of a programme to implement the Sangtuda-1 hydroelectric power station project" was held at the Khoja Ob-i Garm sanatorium on 28-30 July 2005. The seminar noted that 60m dollars had already been spent on the construction and some 100m dollars' worth of Russian investments were to be spent by the end of the year.
Source: BBC Monitoring Central Asia
Related Articles
- Space Station Welcomes Russian Craft
- Chinese Official Gives Instruction at South Nuclear Plant Construction Launch
- Russia to Start Construction of Tajik Power Plant Late September
- Iran Underfunds Construction of Nuke Plant - Russian Firm
- Russian Capsule Docks With Space Station
- Expedition 9 Set to Take Command of Space Station
- Russian cargo ship expected to dock to International Space Station
- Russian Spacecraft on Way to Space Station
- Russia Ups Ante for Space Station
- ESA's First Deep Space Ground Station Opens in Western Australia
 |
 |
User Comments (0)
RSS Feeds