During control measures carried out across the republic, cases related to the illegal storage of liquefied gas allocated for the population for the purpose of selling it at commercial prices were revealed. On November 9 alone, it became known that a total of 249 gas cylinders were being stored unlawfully in 7 separate cases.
Employees of the State Security Service, the General Prosecutor's Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Uzbekenergoinspection, and Hududgaztaminot JSC participated in the operations.
Among the identified cases, there are also violations of the law by gas supply system employees. In particular, it was found that a plumber of the Amudaryotumangaz department in Karakalpakstan stored 104 gas cylinders, a driver of the Sherobodtumangaz department in Surkhandarya stored 25 cylinders, and an employee of the gas filling station of the Quyichirchiqtumangaz department in Tashkent region stored 3 cylinders.
Additionally, it was recorded that 20 gas cylinders were stored in the home of a citizen in Namangan, and a total of 92 gas cylinders were kept in the houses of two citizens in the Kasbi district of Kashkadarya region. In the Khonqa district of Khorezm, 5 gas cylinders allocated for the population were used illegally at a public catering establishment.
It was reported that the identified 1,160 kilograms of liquefied gas could have met the monthly needs of 58 households. Furthermore, storing gas cylinders in violation of safety requirements could cause fire and explosion hazards.
Responsible agencies urged citizens to report suspicious sales and illegal storage of gas cylinders, or cases of using gas allocated for the population for other purposes, to the short number 1520 of the State Security Service. It was stated that the confidentiality of the informant is guaranteed.
For information, since October 20 of this year, 370 cases involving the illegal storage of a total of 9,455 gas cylinders have been detected across the republic. The amount of liquefied gas in them amounted to 102,158 kilograms.
