Coal transportation damages roads, causing accidents, deaths

Heavyweight trucks carrying coal have led to cracks on the roads to Gashuun Sukhait and Shiveekhuren and the dust that is raised has been causing accidents. The Professional Monitoring Agency (PMA) says these have resulted in 11 deaths so far this year.

The paved road from Ukhaa Khudag to Gashuun Sukhait, being built by Energy Resources LLC since May, is expected to improve matters. A 55.2-km auto road from Nariin Sukhait towards Shivee Khuren, built by Chinhua Mah Nariin Sukhait LLC, as part of a 2008 agreement with the Government, is seen as the beginning of the south-north Millennium Road. However, it cannot be used by heavyweight coal trucks.