Kyrgyzstan spends 83 mln soms on elimination of emergency situations on roads

Kyrgyzstan spent 83 million soms on the elimination of emergency situations on roads in 2016, Deputy Minister of Transport Azimkan Zhusubaliev said at a meeting in the Ministry of Emergency Situations on summarizing the activity of management of Civil Protection Department for 2016 and the first tasks for 2017.

According to him, the republic has 63 avalanche slopes and damage from landslides, mudslides, avalanches and rockfalls on the roads for the year amounted to 146 million soms.

He noted that last year there were formed the republican civil protection, road bridge and road transport services.