Ulaanbaatar
Speaker witnesses project implementation in Omnogobi
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ In frames of his working tour to Omnogobi aimag, the Speaker of parliament Z.Enkhbold Monday got familiarized with a course of a project on setting up a solar energy-operated well pump that will facilitate herders’ job and augment water supply.
An installion of the pump was successfully tested in 2013 in the aimag’s Khankhongor and Sevrei soums. It has proved that this facility can be utilized fruitfully in a combination of land farming and animal husbandry, with low expenses. Works have launched to install the pumps in 29 wells in 15 soums under a contract between the National Center of Renewable Energy and the “Undarga-Omnogobi” company, the Speaker was told. Thanks to the work, a water supply for pasture lands has reached 38-42.5% in the last four years.
The Speaker has been accompanied by R.Burmaa MP, the Minister of Food and Agriculture; D.Bat-Erdene MP; authorities of the aimag; and others.
