Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Specialists of the Ministry of Energy studied the use of natural gas by wholesale consumers in various regions of Uzbekistan on 1-22 October 2021. As a result, about 228 cases of illegal use of gas were recorded.

In a short time period of 22 days, it was established that 4 million 278 thousand cubic meters of natural gas were used illegally. The damage caused to the gas supplying organization amounted to 3 billion 832 million soums. This amount of natural gas, for comparison, is currently consumed by 427,830 households in one day.

In other words, in aggregate, such a volume can make up the daily consumption of all households in Namangan and Andijan regions.

The largest number of cases of illegal use of natural gas was registered in Namangan, Khorezm and Tashkent regions.

The executed documents were sent to law enforcement agencies for a legal assessment of the situation.