Khurelsukh obligates officials to solve Gobi's transport problem

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Deputy Prime Minister U.khurelsukh met Monday with the State Secretary of the Ministry of Road and Transport, Erdenes Mongol state-owned company’s authorities, the chairman of the General Authority for Specialized inspection, and other officials, and obligated them to stop the dirt road transport of coal in the Gobi. Mr Khurelsukh worked in the Gobi regions on March 25-28 and saw for himself the unsolved problem of the coal transport. The locals told him that trucks carrying over 100 tons loads go by dirt roads and destroy a fragile soil of the Gobi. Energy Resource LLC has built a paved road connecting the deposits to Gashuunsukhait checkpoint, on the border with China, but the dirt road transport still continues due to relatively higher charge of road payment. The Deputy PM instructed the gathered to decrease the payment per ton to one US dollar and to prohibit the dirt road transport, giving the officials one week. "You must settle this problem concerning the nature and the people within the given time, otherwise I will impose responsibilities upon you," said Mr Khurelsukh.