February 09, 2009
Economics:
Sitting Addresses Rational Use of Water Resources
Local Uzbek-German JV to Meet Needs of Builders for Materials
Afghan-Uzbek delegation discusses shipment of goods
Tashshahartranshizmat to introduce e-payment
Society:
Alisher Navoi Loved for His ‘Humanism’, ‘Kind Deeds’, ‘Generosity’
Ombudsman receives almost 10,000 complaints in 2008
Conference on Cancer-Based Deceases Takes Place in Tashkent
Public Education Month Set to Raise Education Efficiency
ECONOMY
SITTING ADDRESSES RATIONAL USE OF WATER RESOURCES
The bulk of the total volume of water used in Uzbekistan is channeled to irrigating agricultural soils. Therefore, thrift and reasonable use of water resources is important in watering crops.
According to the report by the Uzbekistan National News Agency, the watering areas in Uzbekistan account for 4.3 million hectares. With a view of providing them with water and bettering the reclamation state of soils the country improves the activity of reservoirs, major and other watering systems.
According to the Uzgidrometcentr (Uzbekistan hydrometeorology center), it is expected that in 2009 summer watering season the water resources of basins of Amudarya, Syrdarya and other rivers will be below of usual norm. In its turn, it asks for thorough analysis of the level of water-supply needs and thriftier use of water.
The delegates to the meeting held at the Tashkent Irrigation and Land-reclamation Institute spoke on the aforesaid issues, the news agency report has also said. The sitting was dedicated to ensuring registry, rational management and effective use of water resources.
The staff members of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Economy of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regional khokimiyats (governors’ offices) and heads of departments for irrigation and water basins, as well as specialists of pumping stations took part at the event, according to the news agency.
At the moment, washing of saline soils, successful winter watering, preparation to sowing and rational management of water resources represent to be the urgent tasks.
The participants of the sitting in Tashkent also spoke on further improving the activity of water-users associations, introducing leading experience and water saving techniques and technologies.
LOCAL UZBEK-GERMAN JV TO MEET NEEDS OF BUILDERS FOR MATERIALS
For more than ten years in a row the goods manufactured by the Tezintom Joint Uzbek-German Enterprise have been remaining in high demand in the Uzbek construction market, the Pravda Vostoka newspaper wrote.
These are paint and lacquer materials, modern roofing material – metallic- tiling, as well as hung ceilings and wall panels. In a word, everything what is needed in construction of a modern building.
According to the newspaper, one hundred people are working at the company. The company has installed the cutting-edge technology equipment supplied from Germany, Finland and Turkey. The employees of the joint-venture are reported to have gone through special training to operate such modern technology.
The company abides by a golden rule: when the consumer is okay so the number of sales will rise. Therefore, it pays a special attention to ensuring quality of goods and expanding its assortment. The currently used technology allows to choose from several configurations and color design according to a customer will.
“The volume of net income from realization of finished goods last year made up more than four billion Uzbek soums,” the Deputy Director- General of the Tezintom Joint-Venture Alisher Khodiev has said. “Apart from producing roofing material and accessories to them we also make various detergents. In the future we are going to extend the volume of production.”
AFGHAN-UZBEK DELEGATION DISCUSSES SHIPMENT OF GOODS
It is planned that loading capacity of goods at the Hayratan border town will be increased from 80 to 160 wagons a day, Deputy Commerce Minister Sharif Sharif said after a meeting with Uzbekistan delegation headed by Mr Akbar Shukurov. The delegation of Uzbekistan plans to discuss loading capacity of goods at the border with Afghan officials, Uzreport Information Portal reported.
The aim of the delegation is to visit and hold talks with Afghan officials on increasing the loading capacity of wagons at the Hayratan border town.
The Uzbek delegation is headed by Mr Shukurov, a deputy chairman of the Uzbekiston Temir Yollari (Uzbekistan Railways) state joint stock company.
It is said that a group of experts are also included in the delegation to assess ways of increasing loading capacity of wagons at Hayratan.
The Afghan border has the capacity of loading 80 wagons a day. Mr Sharif Sharif says the capacity will soon increase to 160 wagons per day. Mr Shukurov said that they expected to increase it to 250 wagons.
The talks on this issue take place at a time when hundreds of wagons are left unloaded at the Afghan border due to low capacity. Afghan government had previously promised to increase the loading capacity of the border town by three times.
TASHSHAHARTRANSHIZMAT TO INTRODUCE E-PAYMENT
Tashshahartranshizmat (Tashkent city Transport Service) joint stock company, American Asian Transport Group Inc. and Uzbek Alinkon Technologies plan to launch joint venture in an effort to build information transport network.
Automated payment system (APS) will be designed and applied in the subway at the early stage, Tashshahartranshizmat chairman Shamurad Muhammadjanov said.
The joint venture will build inter-station informational transport network on base of fiber cable. It will enable to use smart cards instead tickets. The APS is expected to be applied in buses and trams in the second stage.
The value of the project is not disclosed. The project will be financed by all three joint venture founders, Muhammadjanov said. The APS project is being coordinated in Uzbek ministries at the moment.
There are 29 subway stations with length of 39.1 kilometers in Tashkent. The Tashkent subway conveyed 73. Four million passengers in 2008. The trains make around 730 rides each day. This is only subway in the Central Asia. Passengers use token to pay for travel. Tashkent subway is second only to bus transport for the number of passengers.
SOCIETY
ALISHER NAVOI LOVED FOR HIS ‘HUMANISM’, ‘KIND DEEDS’, ‘GENEROSITY’
His name is sacred and perpetual, yet his literary heritage is permanently urgent. His talent knows no boundaries of time or space. He is contemporary of all epochs. He is a great forefather and glorious son of the Uzbek people – Alisher Navoi, Jahon Information Agency reported.
Each year on February 9 when the nation celebrates the anniversary of the great poet and thinker it becomes overwhelmed with pride that the name of Alisher Navoi sounds these days at various corners of the world. And it is not for nothing.
After all, the entire progressive world highly assesses the versatile talent of the poet of medieval East, carefully treats his unique heritage and therefore along with the Uzbek people marks such glorious date.
His works have been put out and republished at prestigious publishing houses of the globe in many languages: in the series of “Biblioteka poeta” (‘Library of poet’), “Izbrannaya lirika Vostoka” (‘Selected lyrics of East’) and “Biblioteka vsemirnoy literatury” (‘Library of world literature’).
“Aforizmy” (‘Aphorisms’), “Lirika” (‘Lyrics’) and “Poemy” (‘Poems’) have been issued as separate editions in the Uzbek, Russian and other languages of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
His name is mentioned alongside with such figures as Homer and Dante, Rudaki and Firdawsi, Nizomiy and Rustaveli, Saadi and Jomiy, Shakespeare and Balzac, Pushkin and Tolstoy.
Alisher Navoi is dear and close to the Uzbek people for his humanism and love of mankind, patriotism and fairness, generosity and tolerance, friendship and brotherhood, which he glorified in his immortal works.
And the Uzbek people are filled with joy of that they are the very ancestors of the great poet whose literary works despite that five centuries have passed still resonate in the hearts of millions.
Above all, Alisher Navoi is a core of consciousness of the nation, great personality who has left behind an entire epoch in the history of art culture; he is incomparable representative of national literature, pride of the nation, the person who has exalted its honor and fame to a whole world, and he is an ultimate master of a word.
The kind deeds of this unordinary man serve as an example and lesson for the current generations: who always helped orphans, poor, disabled and needy, for his own money built schools and madrassahs, clinics and bathhouses, roads, bridges and gardens, was a true patron of science and culture.
OMBUDSMAN RECEIVES ALMOST 10,000 COMPLAINTS IN 2008
The Oliy Majlis (Parliament) Representative for human rights (Ombudsman) received 9,962 complaints in 2008, while Ombudsman's regional representatives received 1,146 complaints.
According to Ombudsman Sayyora Rashidova, part of the complaints was solved, and on the remaining ones explanations on the ways of protection of citizens' rights were given, UzA reported.
Currently, 1,891 complaints related to citizens' rights and interests are being controlled by the Ombudsman.
The Ombudsman's activities include improvement of the national human rights legislation and monitoring of its implementation, consideration of the citizen's claims and solution of the existing problems in this area.
CONFERENCE ON CANCER-BASED DECEASES TAKES PLACE IN TASHKENT
The scientific and practical conference of scholars and doctors engaged in treating breast cancer took place in Tashkent. The leading specialists of this sphere from the CIS countries took part at it, the Narodnoye slovo newspaper wrote.
For instance, if in Europe 27-30 percent of all cancer deceases account for breast cancer then in Uzbekistan this indicator makes up only 10 percent. At the same time, Uzbekistan uses the most leading methods of treating this decease. If cancer is revealed at the first or second stage then 98-99 percent of patients get better. Financing of the cancer-fell patients is fully accomplished at the expense of state – free examination, treatment and providing with expensive medicines.
“The urgency of this meeting of cancer specialists is the fact that sickness rate with breast cancer is threateningly growing worldwide,” said the director of the Republic cancer scientific center at the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan Sarymbek Navruzov while speaking to Narodnoye slovo newspaper.
“Therefore it is necessary to comprehensively and deeply discuss the problems of preventing this decease, treating and rehabilitating breast cancer-fell patients, and share accumulated experiences. It is pleasant to note that the experience and professionalism of domestic specialists in this sphere are rather highly assessed among other professionals in the world. Holding such authoritative regional council of experts on breast cancer in Uzbekistan serves a testimony to it,” he added.
PUBLIC EDUCATION MONTH SET TO RAISE EDUCATION EFFICIENCY
A profound work is now being held in Uzbekistan on upbringing and educating youth at the level of modern requirements, as well as bettering material and technical basis of the public education establishments.
In particular, a special attention is being paid in Namangan Province to carry out the aforementioned tasks. In the framework of the Public Education Month a number of events are held in the city of Namangan, the administrative capital town of the province, according to the Uzbekistan National News Agency.
“Today’s requirement is to raise efficiency of education and use all necessary conditions in bringing up the young generation,” Tokhir Dadakhonov, the head of the department of the municipal public education, said. “The goal of holding such Month is to introduce positive changes into education, attract public to it and address some shortcomings along the process.”
In line with the State Nation-wide Program for developing school education, the twenty schools in the city have been overhauled and other six – reconstructed. At the same time, repair works were accomplished at over 10 schools with a brand new building to have been erected yet for another school, according to the report by the news agency.
Those educational establishments are supplied with modern study tools, technologies for subject laboratories and computers worth over 500 million Uzbek soums.
In the framework of the Month the seminars, spiritual and enlightenment events are being held in the province aimed at forming aesthetic taste in pupils, attracting young generation to be also active at out-of-school establishments and sports sections, as well as helping them in choosing professions. In this context, the experience of leading educators are being learnt and actively propagated.
Besides, the sponsor organizations and enterprises grant necessary material and another aid to disabled students, children from the families of moderate means and those who lost breadwinners.