Ulaanbaatar
Mayor appealed for citizens’ participation in snow removal
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ On November 18, Mayor of Ulaanbaatar S.Batbold made a press statement where he called the mass for help in snow removal. The heavy snowfall, which began around 6.00 p.m yesterday and is going on still, resulted in a layer of snow 20 cm thick.
This is a force majeure, said the Mayor. Within the course of last winter, it had snowed 13 times. However, this year, only a month after the beginning of winter, it snowed 13 times already, he stated.
“The weather departments are giving out prognosis that this snowfall is likely to continue for a while. I wish all residents, entities and organizations in Ulaanbaatar to be well prepared. The UB City Street Maintenance Department has been working in well-built emergency readiness since 00 hour of last night, with 149 persons and 41 trucks in 116 streets”, informed Mr Batbold.
While announcing that the public service and administrative organizations will be working tomorrow to take their parts in snow removals, the Mayor appealed for all individuals and private organizations to take active parts in these works.
