Moscow: There have been reports of massive power outages in the Central Asian countries of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan on Tuesday. The Interfax news agency said two million people in Kazakhstan’s largest city and capital Almaty were without electricity on Tuesday. Kazakhstan’s news site ORDA.KZ reported that there was a power outage in the southern region of Turkistan, especially in Shymkent and Taraj.
According to Interfax, there was also a power outage in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek and its northern region of Chuy. Interfax gave this information quoting the Minister of Energy of Kyrgyzstan. Uzbekistan’s Energy Minister also confirmed the power outage, which disrupted traffic in the capital Tashkent.
According to media reports, flights were temporarily stopped on landing at Tashkent airport. It is not yet clear what exactly caused the massive power outage. The Uzbek authorities, however, blamed a fault in the power line for this. These three countries, which were part of the former Soviet Union Russia, are dependent on a single energy system that was developed during the time of Soviet Union Russia.
