Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- According to the press service of Khududgaztaminot, in December this year alone, more than 2 billion cubic meters of natural gas were supplied to all categories of consumers, which is 7 percent more compared to the same period last year.

However, in these December days, residents of more than 200 thousand households faced a decrease in pressure, more than 115 thousand - with a shortage of natural gas, which caused justified claims and complaints among citizens. To solve the problems that have arisen related to the short supply of "blue" fuel, measures have been taken to redirect natural gas from industrial enterprises, gas filling stations, and other large wholesale consumers to the population and social facilities of the country, Khududgaztaminot said.

As a result, temporary restrictions and changes were made to the work schedule of more than 16.4 thousand legal entities, and the saved natural gas made it possible to avoid major shortage problems and cover the needs of more than 3.5 million subscribers and social facilities in natural gas.

“Khududgaztaminot constantly calls for the rational use and saving of natural gas and, unfortunately, there are cases of indifferent and indifferent attitude to the current situation. As the monitoring carried out by specialists showed, the average gas consumption per day by one subscriber is 15-35 cubic meters. This volume is enough for heating the house, cooking and boiling water. However, as the analysis of meter readings that come to Khududgaztaminot online shows, there are households whose consumption volumes per day range from 35 to 318 cubic meters of gas,” the company said in a statement.

According to the information service of Khududgaztaminot, the ASKUG system showed that during the cold season, an average of 2,663,297 subscribers use up to 35 cubic meters of gas, which in total is 44.3 million cubic meters of natural gas per day, or 67 percent of the total volume . At the same time, 443,002 consumers use more than 35 cubic meters, which is 22.1 million cubic meters of gas per day. That is, 14 percent of the total number of subscribers consume 33 percent of the total volume of natural gas supplied to the population of the country per day. Note that these calculations do not include consumers with central heating in their apartments.

The press service of Khududgaztaminot said that it will continue to inform consumers about the measures taken to ensure the timely supply of natural gas to the population and social facilities. All appeals, complaints and proposals for solving problems with gas supply are accepted by the short telephone numbers of the organization 1104 and 104, as well as on the social network Facebook in an open group.