Улаанбаатар
Soums provided with new vehicles to overcome difficult winter
PoliticsUlaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Fifteen vehicles were granted to the emergency departments of 15 soums of 11 provinces today in order to improve the public and health services to herders and citizens living in remote areas with much wintering difficulties.
About 70 percent of the territory is covered with snow as of today. Wintering conditions are reported to be critical in 127 soums of 17 provinces and one district of Ulaanbaatar.
Present at today’s ceremony to render the vehicles were, Deputy Minister of Health L.Byambasuren, Chairman of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Brigadier General T.Badral and other related officials.
To diminish the disaster risks, the government also resolved to distribute the 2,410 tons of hay preserved in the state reservoirs free-of-charge and 1,700 tons of animal fodder with 50 percent discount, NEMA reports.
