Ulaanbaatar
Railroad wrecked by flood immediately fixed back to normal
Society
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On June 20-21, due to heavy rain, Tuv and Gobisumber aimags were hit by flooding.
The floods left the
gers of 409 families and basements of 4 apartment blocks filled with water,
washed away gers of 16 households, and destroyed 83 fences in Zuunmod and
Altanbulag soums of Tuv aimag and took away the dwellings of 3 families, and
killed around 1,000 head of livestock in Sumber soum of Gobisumber aimag.
The natural disaster
also affected roads, railroads, and traffic facilities. Thanks to the fast
response of the emergency department, the roads and railroads were reopened for
traffic on June 23 at 5 PM.
A total of 113 people,
81 emergency officials and 32 local officials were on job to rescue
flood-affected citizens and families and relieve the flood damage and saved the
lives of 32 citizens and pulled 57 vehicles out of water.
In consequence of pouring rain on
June 24, Kherlen soum of Khentii aimag was also flooded and homes of 149
households, 15 business entities, and the basements of 9 apartment blocks were
affected and 7 vehicles got stuck in mud.
The Cabinet on June 23 decided to provide gers for 51 households left homeless by the floods with MNT 178.5 million from foreign aid funds.
