The Government is working to improve air quality by decreasing coal consumption and promoting brickette manufacturing plants, which replace coal.
City Governor`s Office reports that about 10 brickette manufacturing plants are operating in Mongolia. For instance, Mon Watt LLC has performed experiment on German technology for two years, which can produce heat for 16 hours a day, accumulating cheap electricity at night.
In addition, the Government has planned to cut electricity night tariff by 50 percent while approved MNT 3.2 billion for 2017 City Budget to reduce air pollution.
National committee to reduce air pollution budgeted MNT 5 billion for 2017. Of which MNT 3.5 billion will be spent on night tariff discount, MNT 450 million will be spent on improved stoves and MNT 400 million will be spent on brickette.
Moreover, the World Bank to invest MNT 7.8 billion for the Ulaanbaatar Clean Air Project (UBCAP).
In scope of UBCAP, 200 air purifiers have supplied to 50 kindergartens in ger-districts, with total of 7500 children aged 2-5 years.
Anti pollution masks were handed over to 40 thousand students of 51 schools, that are located in the most polluted areas of the city. Anti pollution masks, produced by the Erbum LLC, are capable of filtering out PM2.5 airborne particulate matter with up to 99 percent.
The UN Children's Fund hihghlights that air pollution of Ulaanbaatar city exceeds 7 times above the recommended levels, as compared with the World Health Organization safe level of 25.
The Government is working to improve air quality by decreasing coal consumption and promoting brickette manufacturing plants, which replace coal.
City Governor`s Office reports that about 10 brickette manufacturing plants are operating in Mongolia. For instance, Mon Watt LLC has performed experiment on German technology for two years, which can produce heat for 16 hours a day, accumulating cheap electricity at night.
In addition, the Government has planned to cut electricity night tariff by 50 percent while approved MNT 3.2 billion for 2017 City Budget to reduce air pollution.
National committee to reduce air pollution budgeted MNT 5 billion for 2017. Of which MNT 3.5 billion will be spent on night tariff discount, MNT 450 million will be spent on improved stoves and MNT 400 million will be spent on brickette.
Moreover, the World Bank to invest MNT 7.8 billion for the Ulaanbaatar Clean Air Project (UBCAP).
In scope of UBCAP, 200 air purifiers have supplied to 50 kindergartens in ger-districts, with total of 7500 children aged 2-5 years.
Anti pollution masks were handed over to 40 thousand students of 51 schools, that are located in the most polluted areas of the city. Anti pollution masks, produced by the Erbum LLC, are capable of filtering out PM2.5 airborne particulate matter with up to 99 percent.
The UN Children's Fund hihghlights that air pollution of Ulaanbaatar city exceeds 7 times above the recommended levels, as compared with the World Health Organization safe level of 25.