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“Car-free Day” to be held on May 18

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  • 5 days ago

Ulaanbaatar holds its annual Car-Free Day on Saturday, May 18, in order to promote improvement of mass transit, cycling and walking. On this day, roads of Peace Avenue, starting from west crossroad to east crossroad, will be closed. Also within, roads of Baga toiruu, Sukhbaatar street, Seoul street, Sambuu street, Ankara street, Sukhbaatar street, University street, Beijing street, Partizan street, Embassy street, Khukh tenger street, the Olympic street will be closed from 7 a.m to 5 p.m. And 344 buses of 40 transportation routes will be changed.

Earthquake occurred in Bayankhongor and Sukhbaatar provinces

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  • 5 days ago

At 19:46 on May 16, an earthquake with magnitude 5.2 occurred in Khurenbelchir bag, Zag soum of Bayankhongor province. Governor of the soum D.Munkhnasan clarified from the Emergency Management Agency of Bayankhongor province and informed there was no damage, but vibration was felt. Also at 20:28 on May 16, an earthquake with magnitude of 4.1 occurred in area named after “Ekhen nutag” in Tuv bag, Bayandelger soum, Sukhbaatar province. Governor of the som B.Yondon clarified from the Emergency Management Agency of Sukhbaatar province and informed citizens felt little bit of vibration and there was no other damage.

No raw coal delivery in Ulaanbaatar

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  • 1 week ago

A government resolution to not deliver household raw coal to the capital city is under implementation from today. The government made the resolution on February 28, 2018 considering that air pollution will decrease by 50% when raw coal is replaced by refined coal. Further, households and entities shall not use raw coal and the resolution is not applicable to licensed entities to manufacture electricity and heating energy. Using refined coal is economical for households. For instance, a household using 4-5 tons of raw coal during winter will use 2 times less refined coal. Refined coal has 2 times higher heat unit and burning time is 2 times longer.