Specialists recorded elevated levels of nitrogen oxide in the air in Kara-Balta and the village of Novonikolayevka. At one site, the concentration was almost four times above the permissible limit, the Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision reported.
From July 31 to August 6, air pollution levels in Bishkek exceeded permissible limits for certain indicators by up to 2.75 times, the Hydrometeorological Service reported.
Chinese companies proposed building a plant for the production of urea and nitrogen fertilizers in Kyrgyzstan. The project was discussed during a working visit by Erlist Akunbekov, Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry, to China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
