ADB grant supports upgrading of the Sarez Lake monitoring and early warning system in Tajikistan

The Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense under the Government of Tajikistan has signed a contract for the supply, installation, and commissioning of equipment and facilities to upgrade monitoring and early warning system for Lake Sarez in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO).

The contract is part of the National Disaster Risk Management Project financed by a $10 million grant from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

According to the ADB Tajikistan Resident Mission (TJRM), the $750,000 contract is signed with the Kazakh company KS-Group Limited Liability Partnership selected through ADB’s open competitive bidding process.

The new monitoring and early warning equipment and facilities include GPS units, strong motion accelerometers, submersible pressure sensors, drone, radios, satellite phones, auto weather station, hydrological stations, hydrometric stations, and others.

The supplier will also provide training on how to operate the new equipment and facilities, which are…