KULOB, January 23, Asia-Plus - In 2005, 135 offenders in Kulob region of Khatlon were fined a total of some 20,000 Somonis for not satisfying sanitary requirements, Asia-Plus has learned from Said Davlatov, head of the Kulob Center for Sanitary-Epidemiological Supervision.  

According to him, among the offenders are 13 heads of public utilities enterprises and public catering network.   “During last year, 40 people were relieved of their posts in the Kulob region for failing to fulfill sanitary-hygienic requirements,” Davlatov said.    

“Last year, weekly sanitary-epidemiological raids on markets led to the confiscation of 27 tons of not iodized salt form merchants.