And the composition of the task force has raised eyebrows: it includes Abdugani Sanginov, a senator who, as head of a government agency, awarded contracts for the construction of the dam. Nearly 100,000 people have been displaced in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan after an Uzbek dam burst, flooding thousands of homes and destroying agricultural fields. Municipal officials say the contracts were awarded with appropriate oversight, and Mr Artikkhodjaev insists the firms won them fair and square. Video footage shows a gap in one section of the 29-meter-high concrete structure and a torrent of water rushing toward the nearby villages. Officials explained the breach had weakened the structure and they feared it could cause the entire dam to collapse. May 15, 2020 Mirziyoyev inspecting the Sardoba disaster on May 2. It impounds 922 million cubic meters of water, used to irrigate agricultural lands in the Sirdaryo and Jizzakh provinces. "We have a copy of our correspondence with the Uzbek side, that as of (8 pm on Friday) the situation was stable and there were no problems," said Saken Kalkamanov, deputy governor of the Turkestan region. Last year Ms Karimova was indicted in America for allegedly soliciting $865m in bribes from foreign firms hoping to do business in Uzbekistan. The dam, on the Sirdaryo River in the Sirdaryo region, was completed in 2017 after seven years of work. This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline "Weirs and recriminations"Sign up to our free daily newsletter, The Economist todayA dam failure raises concerns about corruption in UzbekistanAustralia’s internal travel restrictions are tested in court Sardoba Reservoir: a major dam collapse in Uzbekistan on 1 May 2020, plus the EGU2020 Day 1 programme and a car crash interview about diversity in the geosciences . She is now in jail in Uzbekistan on corruption charges, although the judicial proceedings against her have been far from transparent.The current authorities insist that Uzbekistan has changed beyond recognition since Ms Karimova held sway. An investigation into the causes is taking a long time to reportThree months on, the report has still not arrived—and the task force now says it will take another five months to complete. Most notably, Oybek Tursunov, Mr Mirziyoyev’s son-in-law and a senior member of his staff, owns stakes in several financial firms, including a big bank and a payments network. Mr Sanginov has brushed aside suggestions of any conflict of interest.That an investigation is even being conducted is testament to the spirit of reform instituted by Mr Mirziyoyev after he came to power in 2016. Journalists looking into the dam’s collapse, meanwhile, have been harassed and fired. Sardoba Dam in Uzbekistan failed on May 1, leading to the immediate evacuation of 11,600 people downstream, multiple news agencies are reporting. To order presentation-ready copies for distribution to your colleagues, clients or customers visit http://www.djreprints.com.https://www.barrons.com/news/tens-of-thousands-evacuated-after-uzbekistan-dam-bursts-01588503005Nearly 100,000 people have been displaced in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan after an Uzbek dam burst, flooding thousands of homes and destroying agricultural fields.The wall of the Sardoba reservoir dam in eastern Uzbekistan burst early on Friday triggering a government operation that saw 70,000 people evacuated.More than 50 people were hospitalised during the flooding in Uzbekistan.Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev tweeted on Sunday that 10 Kazakh villages close to the Uzbek border had suffered "strong flooding" forcing authorities to evacuate 22,000 people.Tokayev also said the two governments were in talks after Kazakh officials complained of significant damages and not receiving timely information from Uzbekistan about flooding.Uzbekistan said earlier Sunday that a criminal probe had been opened into "official negligence" and construction violations.Construction of the Sardoba dam began in 2010 under the supervision of current President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, who was prime minister at the time.Mirziyoyev on Friday flew to the region, which saw strong winds and rains prior to the collapse of the dam, in order to oversee the evacuation and cleanup operation.Officials in Kazakhstan's southern Turkestan region criticised Uzbekistan for not providing timely information on the status of flood control on Saturday.
For the best Barrons.com experience, please update to a modern browser. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. Dam breach in Uzbekistan on May 1, 2020. But the disaster is especially awkward for Mr Mirziyoyev, since he presided over the dam’s construction as prime minister and became president shortly before it started operating.Moreover, Mr Sanginov is not the only member of Mr Mirziyoyev’s government to have had to fend off accusations of a conflict of interest.
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