BISHKEK, April 29 -- Kyrgyzstan today appealed for international help in dealing with the aftermath of a deadly landslide and in preventing similar disasters that threaten to spread pollution from radioactive dumps.
The Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry released a statement saying due to increased landslides, floods and erosion occurring near waste sites in the country, a situation m-a-y arise that threatens the environmental security of Central Asia.
Kyrgyzstan has several uranium dumps left over from the Soviet era located in landslide-prone areas.
The ministry said an April 20 landslide that killed 38 people in the village of Kara-Taryk did n-o-t happen near any radioactive waste sites. But the ministry said the government lacks medicine and other resources to solve the problems that resulted from the landslide.
The Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry released a statement saying due to increased landslides, floods and erosion occurring near waste sites in the country, a situation m-a-y arise that threatens the environmental security of Central Asia.
Kyrgyzstan has several uranium dumps left over from the Soviet era located in landslide-prone areas.
The ministry said an April 20 landslide that killed 38 people in the village of Kara-Taryk did n-o-t happen near any radioactive waste sites. But the ministry said the government lacks medicine and other resources to solve the problems that resulted from the landslide.