The key facts

  • Since October 20, 370 cases of illegal storage of 9,455 cylinders with 102,158 kg of liquefied gas have been identified
  • On November 9, 249 cylinders intended for sale at commercial prices were found in 7 cases
  • Among the violators are employees of Amudaryo district gas, Sherobod district gas, and Kuyichirchiq district gas

The scale of identified violations

In Uzbekistan, inspection activities continue to identify the illegal storage and use of liquefied gas intended for the population. As Zamon.uz reports, since October 20 of this year, a total of 9,455 gas cylinders have been discovered across the republic in 370 cases, and the volume of liquefied gas in them amounted to 102,158 kilograms. The inspections are carried out with the participation of staff from the State Security Service, the Prosecutor General's Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Uzenergoinspektsiya, and JSC Hududgaztaminot. According to UzA, in just one day, 1,160 kg of liquefied gas identified could have covered the monthly needs of 58 households.

Violators include gas system employees

Particular attention in the publications is given to violations involving employees of the gas supply organizations themselves. In the Republic of Karakalpakstan, a fitter from the liquefied gas service of the Amudaryo district gas department stored 104 cylinders without documents and in violation of fire safety rules. In Surkhandarya region, a driver of the Sherobod district gas supply department kept 25 cylinders at his home, and in Tashkent region, a cylinder filler at the Kuyichirchiq district gas point was found to have 3 cylinders.

Cases among private individuals

Illegal storage was also recorded among citizens. In Namangan, a resident born in 1986 stored 20 cylinders at home with the intention of later selling them to the population. In the Kasbi district of Kashkadarya region, two citizens born in 1974 and 1996 were found to have a total of 92 cylinders stored at home in violation of fire safety rules. In the Khanka district of Khorezm region, a person born in 1995 illegally used 5 cylinders allocated for the population at a public catering establishment in a mahalla. According to UzA, in the inspections on November 9 alone, 249 cylinders illegally stored for sale at commercial prices were identified in 7 cases. The publications do not report on the measures taken against the violators.