Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) - On the eve, due to the danger of an avalanche falling off the Kamchik pass, traffic on the A-373 Tashkent-Osh road was temporarily suspended.

Along with the involved first-aid services, the leadership of Uzbekistan Temir Yollari promptly ordered the organization of sending additional passenger trains to the mountain pass to evacuate people who did not manage to cross the mountain pass.

On 21-22 December, additional passenger trains, including suburban trains, went on such routes as Tashkent - Angren - Orzu - Pap - Tashkent, Andijan - Tashkent - Andijan, Tashkent - Kokand - Tashkent, Akhangaran - Pap - Kokand. In addition, the train schedule for additional trains did not affect the schedule of trains on the railway linking with the Ferghana Valley.

Thanks to the quickly carried out operational efforts of the railway workers, over 10 thousand passengers were transported by train over a difficult section of the pass in two days. At all stations along the route, all conditions were created for passengers to wait for the train. The rooms of the mother and the child worked, and the necessary medical assistance was provided.

First of all, women with children and disabled people were taken by train from the mountainous territory. In trains, conditions were also created for passengers for their safe delivery to destinations.