Ulaanbaatar
Winter conditions worsen in one third of country
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ At the regular meeting of Monday, the cabinet issued a resolution on some measures in connection with the wintering. As of December 14, the wintering conditions are at a critical level for 97 soums of Arkhangai, Bayankhongor, Bulgan, Bayan-Olgii, Govi-Altai, Dundgovi, Zavkhan, Omnogovi, Tov, Uvs, Khovsgol and Sukhbaatar aimags.
In 2015-2016, a total of 56.2 million livestock are wintering in 145.2 thousand households of aimags and the capital city. As of December 14, a preparation for the winter was going with 85.7 percent, meaning that 23,044 tons of hay were prepared out of 29,454 tons planned and 3,345 tons of fodder out of 11,115 tons planned.
In the same reporting period, 90 percent of the territory was covered with snow.
The cabinet gave permission to Deputy PM Ts.Oyunbaatar and Minister of Finance B.Bolor to allocate the related expenses from the Government Reserve Fund for providing health and social welfare services to herders.
The Ministers were also assigned to collaborate with monitoring authorities to prevent making profit from reselling of hay and fodder.
