Around 300 hectares of greenhouses in Tashkent have changed their business profile due to their impact on air pollution in the city, Tashkent Mayor Shavkat Umurzakov said in an interview with Gazeta.uz.
At the same time, the use of fuel oil at Tashkent’s thermal power plants has been completely halted. According to the mayor, the National Committee for Ecology and Climate Change is keeping the issue under “strict control.”
Umurzakov said greenhouses have become one of the main sources of air pollution in the capital in recent years. To reduce their impact, owners were offered several options: relocate to another region, install filtered heating systems or change their business profile.
Entrepreneurs who want to continue operating in Tashkent have been offered financial support to install filtered heating systems. Another option is to switch to growing crops that do not require intensive heating.
“In the past, greenhouses became our main source of air pollution. We held talks with many greenhouse owners in Tashkent. They either changed their business profile or shut down after being offered the opportunity to engage in other types of business,” the mayor said.
According to Umurzakov, work to change the profile of greenhouses began in 2024. In 2024−2025, the type of activity of greenhouses covering around 300 hectares in the city was changed.
Greenhouse owners who want to relocate their production have been offered the option of moving to Surkhandarya region, where the Surkhon-Agro free economic zone for greenhouse farming was established. The mayor added that entrepreneurs can choose this option if they have the opportunity and wish to do so.
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