CABINET SECRETARIAT REVIEWS AIR POLLUTION REDUCTION MEASURES
Cabinet Secretariat G.Zandanshatar visited the Ulaanbaatar Mayor’s Office and some ger district residents of Khan-Uul and Songinokhairkhan districts on the first day of 2018 to oversee the implementation of measures being taken to reduce air pollution in Ulaanbaatar.
During the meetings, G.Zandanshatar stressed that households should focus on reducing heat loss and improving heating that is suitable for ger district residents by implementing the National Air and Environmental Pollution Reduction Program.
He noted that Cabinet will discuss its measures to reduce air pollution at its January 3 meeting, as well as a short-term plan which will be implemented from 2018 to 2019; a med-term plan for 2020-2021; and a long-term plan through 2025 will be reported at the meeting.
The Cabinet secretariat noted that a lot of proposals and ideas are coming from people and the government also plans to carry out several measures.
He reported that after efforts were made to reduce heat loss of a 100 square meter house by using an electric heater, a household in Khoroo No.6 of Khan-Uul District managed to cut their monthly expenses by threefold.
Two families also started using a new stove made by Ts.Munkhbaatar, a resident of the fifth khoroo of Songinokhairkhan District, which helped reduce their monthly expenses of coal by half.
G.Zandanshatar instructed Ulaanbaatar and district leaderships to conduct a survey for ger district residents wanting to move into apartments.