At the Managing staff meeting of environmental sector, the Minister of Environment noted that the soil, water and environment pollution is becoming the major challenge not only in Ulaanbaatar city, but also aimags.
Pit latrines are the major source of soil pollution.
Tuul and other major rivers water is being polluted due to the insufficient capacity of sewage treatment plants and illegal operation of mining companies.
Over 190 thousand households are living in ger-districts or unplanned urban residential areas that lack basic services. Of which 80 percent of households are using non-standard sanitation facilities.
Thus Ministry of Environment and Tourism to implement a project to improve sanitation facilities of 3000 ger-district households living in Ulaanbaatar city during 2018-2020 with US$ 3 million grantfunded by Asian Development Bank.
At the Managing staff meeting of environmental sector, the Minister of Environment noted that the soil, water and environment pollution is becoming the major challenge not only in Ulaanbaatar city, but also aimags.
Pit latrines are the major source of soil pollution.
Tuul and other major rivers water is being polluted due to the insufficient capacity of sewage treatment plants and illegal operation of mining companies.
Over 190 thousand households are living in ger-districts or unplanned urban residential areas that lack basic services. Of which 80 percent of households are using non-standard sanitation facilities.
Thus Ministry of Environment and Tourism to implement a project to improve sanitation facilities of 3000 ger-district households living in Ulaanbaatar city during 2018-2020 with US$ 3 million grantfunded by Asian Development Bank.