Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Shopping arcades will be opened in the passage at the Novza metro station in Tashkent. The metro administration said that the decision was due to the compliance of the transition with urban planning standards and moderate passenger traffic.

Shops will start working in test mode in the underpass of the Novza metro station in Tashkent. Now light structures are being erected here for this purpose.

According to a representative of the metro, the opening of retail outlets was envisaged by a resolution of the President of Uzbekistan on improving the efficiency of the metro.

The procedure for leasing stores to entrepreneurs has not yet been determined, Tuychi Mirzayev said.