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Fr. 26.04.2024 (Tag 12):

Nach zwei Tagen in der Stadt war mal wieder etwas Natur angebracht und nötig, Buchara ist im Vergleich zu Chiva dann doch schon deutlich überlaufener. Ich hatte mir für Heute einen Fahrer samt Auto organisiert, um das Umland von Buchara zu erkunden. Das Hauptziel sind die Sarmishsay-Petroglyphen in der Nähe von Sarmich, ca. 135km nord-östlich von Buchara, mit ein paar kleinen Stopps auf dem Weg.

Was einem während der Fahrt wirklich auffiel, war die deutlich grünere Umgebung als in Chiva bzw. Auf dem Weg nach Nukus/Muynak. Ob dies alles durch Bewässerung erzielt wir, weiß ich allerdings nicht. Links und rechts der Straße liegen saftig grüne Felder und Plantagen mit Obstbäumen. Analog zu Jordanien bzw. Den Philippinen verkauften Frauen am Straßenrand an kleinen Ständen frisches Obst und Gemüse; quasi als "Drive Inn".

Ca. 20km westlich von Navoi liegen Überreste der Karawanserei Rabat-i Malik, der "königlichen Karawanserei". Der letzte große Ausbau stammt aus dem Jahr 1079 und wurde von einem Sohn eines karachanidischem Khans durchgeführt um die Handelsrouten entlang der Seidenstraße zu sichern. Das reich der Karachaniden erstreckte sich zeitweise bis ins heutige China. Original erhalten ist heute nur noch das große Hauptportal. Gegenüber liegt ein Wasserspeicher aus dem 14.Jd. (ein sog. Sardoba).

Interessanterweise finden in Usbekistan anscheinend so etwas wie Wiederaufforstungsprogramm statt. Ich hatte mehrfach bei Überlandfahrten neue Baum-Schonungen zu beiden Seiten der Autobahn entdeckt.

Petroglyphen sind in Stein geritzte Zeichnungen aus vergangenen Jahrtausenden. Die Sarmishsay-Petroglyphen stammen großteils noch aus der Bronzezeit, die ältesten gehen bis in die Steinzeit (9.Jt.v.Chr.) zurück. Sie wurden in der engen, wasserführenden Sarmich-Schlucht im Nuratau-Gebirge erst in den 1950er Jahren entdeckt. Bei vielen Darstellungen handelt es sich um Tierzeichnungen, Jagdszenen oder ähnlichem. Auf ca. 1.5km Länge der Sarmich-Schlucht verteilen sich die Bilder, z.T. auch höher in der Felswand. Es handelt sich wohl um die ältesten, aktuell bekannten Petroglyphen in Zentralasien. Sie werden ebenfalls als Vorläufiger Anwärter auf der Liste des UNESCO Weltkulturerbes geführt. Manchmal muss man hier wie ein Steinbock durch die Felsen klettern, um ein paar tolle Bilder aus der Nähe zu sehen. Da Frühling ist, steht die ganze Umgebung aktuell in einem tollen Grün dar und wirkt auf mich beruhigend und entspannend nach dem dominanten Ocker in der Stadt.

Auf dem Rückweg legte ich einen Stop in Navoi ein. Die Stadt liegt in etwa auf halber Strecke zwischen Buchara und Samarkand. In einem Ortsteil liegt das Mausoleum/Chanaka des Kasim Sheikh. Original stammt es aus dem 16.Jd., wurde aber aktuell grundlegend restauriert. Interessant sind die Pischtaks an der Süd- und Nordfassade, da sie extrem hoch sind und oben unterbrochene Spitzbögen aufweisen.

Ein weiterer Stopp war ein lokales Keramik Museum mit angegliederter Manufaktur. Die Familie des Besitzers fertig hier in 6.Generation Keramik und andere Dinge an.

Kurz vor Buchara stoppte ich noch in Vabkent, um mir das Minarett anzusehen. Es ist eines der wenigen erhalten Minarette aus der Karachanidenzeit (11./12.Jd.) und ist für die Welterbeliste der UNESCO vorgeschlagen. Bei einem Durchmesser von nur 6m ander Basis es es 40m hoch. Um den Turm ziehen sich acht Schmuckbänder aus Ziegelmustern. Die Spitze wird von einer ausladenden Laterne gekrönt.

[ektenia]

Sardoba, Syrdaryo Region, Uzbekistan, by Timur Karpov (source)

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Murky Waters Surround the Case of the Sardoba Reservoir Failure

Murky Waters Surround the Case of the Sardoba Reservoir Failure

Advertisement Early on May 1, 2020, after a long and rainy week, a section of the earthen wall forming the Sardoba Reservoir in Uzbekistan gave way. The three-year-old dam, designed to hold 922 million cubic meters of water for irrigating the surrounding regions, burst and flooded more than 35,000 hectares of land in Uzbekistan and neighboring Kazakhstan. At least 70,000 people were forced out…

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Sardoba calls for changes

May 13, 2020

The Sardoba dam failure in Syrdarya of Uzbekistan is challenging

and tragic both for the government and for society as a whole.

Substantial social and economic losses leave no doubt that the perpetrators will be found and punished. However, in addition to the "set an example to the rest" approach, which usually has a short memory, more critical what conclusions and changes we get out of this situation.

We believe that responsible authorities have their vision of change. However, in our opinion, the following important aspects should be included in the package of reforms.

Firstly, it is time to provide open access to information on all national and local projects. All data (budget, tenders, sources of financing, costs, contractors, subcontractors, etc.) related to the construction of educational institutions, hospitals and other social facilities, as well as national projects - from reservoirs to power plants - should be open. Any information may be disclosed, except for information related to national security, reflecting trade secrets or implying technological and scientific solutions.

Need to create a single web resource accessible to everyone. The idea of ​​an Azerbaijani rural development project can serve as the basis for such an initiative http://azrip.net/maps/index.html

Secondly, the time has also come to introduce the practice of mandatory

public control over the construction of all social facilities and national

projects. The world has long and effectively practised allocating an average of 1% of the total budget of national and local projects for the CSO for the implementation of public control.

Just imagine, what a significant impact on the project we could have if 0.5 per cent of the total budget of the Sardoba reservoir construction project (as announced in the media, about $ 400 million) allocated for public oversight. It is about 2 million dollars - more than 200 non-governmental and the media would receive 100 million soums grants for conducting public oversight. As a result of such close attention of public structures, irresponsibility and negligence in the design and construction of such an important national project could be reduced several times.

Thirdly, it is necessary to introduce mechanisms for consultations and

public hearings with the residents of adjacent territories on the

construction of social and national projects. This, on the one hand, will serve the implementation of more optimal projects based on the proposals and recommendations of the population. On the other hand, it will allow citizens to get a complete picture of the objects.

Fourthly, national projects and constructions should have protocols introduced in case of emergencies, personnel and residents of adjacent territories should be well informed about emergency response measures. In the case of Sardoba: people needed to know in advance the algorithm of actions and behaviour in various possible variants of a human-made disaster. Thus, we need to introduce the practice of conducting specialised training for the adjacent territories population.

And finally, the government needs to stop the practice of acceptance of the projects of strategic importance without preliminary international expertise.

We need to ensure transparency of information and processes associated with the construction of national and local projects, regardless of whether the project is implemented at the expense of the State budget, sponsorship funds or extrabudgetary funds, as this is related to public safety.

The "these are not state funds, do not teach us how to build" approach of state structures, especially local government bodies, is inappropriate. It is necessary to determine the procedure and mechanisms for citizens to access open data, to conduct oversight on their initiative, and to send complaints on identified shortcomings.

It is becoming obvious that corruption in our society to be curbed if transparency and public participation are ensured. The scope and coverage of corruption cases recently raised by civic activists and the media are clear evidence of this.

Anti-corruption should not remain the mandate of exclusively state bodies; the media, civil society institutions and the public should be more widely involved in this crucial role.

In a short period of time, transformations unprecedented in importance and scale have been launched in Uzbekistan. Reforms, which yesterday seemed impossible for us, are already today's reality. Therefore, we believe that the transparency reform, which is so necessary now more than ever, will be carried out at the proper level.

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[rusticastravels]

Road to Bukhara

Following the Silk Road, we continue west from Samarkand, heading towards Bukhara.

On the way is a caravanserai and cistern used by the Silk Road travellers.  A UNESCO site, Rabati Malik Caravanserai.  A caravanserai was a roadside stop inn big enough to accommodate travellers and their animals to rest and recovery.   Nowadays, only the portal and outline of the area are left.

Across the way, is the cistern (Sardoba Malik) that supported the area for clean water to the travellers of the Silk Road.  The water is fed from the Zaravshan River via an underground canal.

The dome kept the water clean and and protected from the sun.  

A newer addition was this new structure - not sure what it is but it was not open.

For more pictures, click https://photos.app.goo.gl/1qz81odwPSf9C3PFA

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Photo by | A man looks through the window of an ancient water reservoir called ...

Photo by | A man looks through the window of an ancient water reservoir called …

Photo by @AnushBabajanyan | A man looks through the window of an ancient water reservoir called Sardoba in Uzbekistan. Source

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Uzbeks search for answers and stability after deadly dam collapse

Uzbeks search for answers and stability after deadly dam collapse

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Syrdario Region, Uzbekistan – Some dams last a thousand years. But Sardoba collapsed on May 1 after just three years, its mighty waters washing away villages of more than 35,000 hectares (86,486 acres) of land in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.

Maria and her family escaped in the last moment before the waves took their home and everything they owned.

“We have lost everything. Nothing was…

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A dam failure raises concerns about corruption in Uzbekistan

Weirs and wherefores A dam failure raises concerns about corruption in Uzbekistan

An investigation into the causes is taking a long time to report

WHEN A DAM burst in Uzbekistan in May, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, the president, was quick to promise justice for the victims. Those responsible for the disaster, which killed six people and displaced over 100,000, would answer before the law “regardless of who they are”, he pledged. On social media, ordinary Uzbeks aired their suspicions that negligence or corruption must have contributed to the collapse, since the Sardoba dam had only been completed three years before. The structure should surely have been built to withstand the storms that officials initially blamed for the tragedy, they argued. Days after the devastating flood—which washed away crops as well as homes in both Uzbekistan and neighbouring Kazakhstan, causing over $1bn of damage—the president formed a task force to investigate. He gave it a month to report back.

Three months on, the report has still not arrived—and the task force now says it will take another five months to complete. But its preliminary findings do seem to bear out ordinary Uzbeks’ fears: nine people, including government officials and employees of firms that helped build the dam, have been arrested and face charges of embezzlement, fraud, negligence and violation of health-and-safety rules.

Just how far the rot goes is hard to say. The authorities have released the name of just one of the nine suspects, but no senior bureaucrats or businessmen appear to have been arrested. Journalists looking into the dam’s collapse, meanwhile, have been harassed and fired. And the composition of the task force has raised eyebrows: it includes Abdugani Sanginov, a senator who, as head of a government agency, awarded contracts for the construction of the dam. Media reports also claim that his family has ties to some of the firms that won the contracts. Mr Sanginov has brushed aside suggestions of any conflict of interest.

That an investigation is even being conducted is testament to the spirit of reform instituted by Mr Mirziyoyev after he came to power in 2016. His late predecessor, the dictatorial Islam Karimov, would have simply brushed the whole episode under the carpet. But the disaster is especially awkward for Mr Mirziyoyev, since he presided over the dam’s construction as prime minister and became president shortly before it started operating.

Moreover, Mr Sanginov is not the only member of Mr Mirziyoyev’s government to have had to fend off accusations of a conflict of interest. Jakhongir Artikkhodjaev, the mayor of the capital, Tashkent, has acknowledged ties to firms building Tashkent City, a flagship office, housing and leisure complex intended to signal that Uzbekistan is open for business again after decades as a largely closed dictatorship. Municipal officials say the contracts were awarded with appropriate oversight, and Mr Artikkhodjaev insists the firms won them fair and square. Indeed, he implies they are participating in the project largely out of a sense of civic duty.

Under Mr Karimov, Uzbekistan became a byword for crony capitalism. An American diplomat described Gulnara Karimova, the ex-president’s disgraced daughter, as a “robber baron” in a cable that was later leaked. Last year Ms Karimova was indicted in America for allegedly soliciting $865m in bribes from foreign firms hoping to do business in Uzbekistan. She is now in jail in Uzbekistan on corruption charges, although the judicial proceedings against her have been far from transparent.

The current authorities insist that Uzbekistan has changed beyond recognition since Ms Karimova held sway. But many close connections between business and government remain. Most notably, Oybek Tursunov, Mr Mirziyoyev’s son-in-law and a senior member of his staff, owns stakes in several financial firms, including a big bank and a payments network. Mr Mirziyoyev positions himself as a champion of transparency and has pushed through an impressive array of reforms to improve the investment climate and reduce corruption. But ordinary Uzbeks still need to be convinced that it is the public good, not private interests, that dictate how the government spends its money. ■

This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline "Weirs and recriminations"

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This collection of Karpov’s work is from a village called Sardoba on the Tashkent-to-Samarkand highway, in Syrdarya Province. During the Soviet era, the village operated as a prosperous state farm. Today it is impoverished and half-abandoned. “From the example of this small town, one can grasp the overall situation in the country,” Karpov says.

Many of the older inhabitants moved to Sardoba in the mid-20th century to help implement the Virgin Lands campaign, a failed Soviet experiment to turn vast portions of Central Asia’s arid steppes into productive agricultural fields. The Virgin Lands migrants were Tatars, Germans, Greeks, Russians and others. “The elders today cannot mention the town’s former prosperity without breaking into tears. But this is not an unusual story; there are many cities with similar fates throughout the former Soviet Union,” Karpov explains.

Sardoba, Syrdaryo Region, Uzbekistan, by Timur Karpov (source)

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Citra satelit banjir akibat jebolnya dam di Uzbekistan

Citra satelit banjir akibat jebolnya dam di Uzbekistan

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Citra satelit bertanggal 3 Mei 2020 menunjukkan rumah-rumah di kawasan perbatasan Uzbekistan – Kazakhstan yang terkepung banjir akibat jebolnya dam Sardoba di Uzbekistan. ANTARA FOTO/ Satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS/foc.

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TİKA'dan Özbekistan'daki felaketzedelere yardım https://sahrahaber.com/tikadan-ozbekistandaki-felaketzedelere-yardim/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

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Nearly 1,00,000 Evacuated in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan as Dam Bursts The wall of the Sardoba reservoir dam in eastern Uzbekistan burst early on Friday triggering a government operation that saw 70,000 people evacuated. via Top Politics News- News18.com

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Sardoba Malik or Rabati Malik Caravanserai Cistern. From Samarkand to Bukhara. It is a giant cistern used for water conservation that was fed through an underground channel from the Zeravshan River. Technically, the sardoba is a reservoir 13 meters deep, covered with a dome 12 meters in diameter. At the base of the dome are three light windows, at the entrance - a small entrance leading to the descent into the tank. Sardoba was built in the 11th century to supply the Rabat Malik caravanserai. http://uzbek-travel.com/about-uzbekistan/monuments/rabat-i-malik-caravanserai/ #uzbekistan #centralasia #traveladdict #wishlist #bucketlist #lpfanphoto #travelingtheworld #atlas #world #bestplacestogo #beautifuldestinations #dreamplaces #speechlessplaces #girlswhowander #glt #gltLove #girlslovetravel #neverstopexploring #wanderlust #unesco #traveluzbekistan #lelsinuzbekistan (at Uzbekistan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B2eI4puhEoS/?igshid=1aau0iemhvupz

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竣工才3年 烏茲別克水庫潰壩 近10萬人撤離

2020-05-04 22:14

烏茲別克（Uzbekistan）的一座水庫於5月1日發生潰壩事故，導致數以千計的民房被大水淹沒，烏茲別克及哈薩���當局已撤離約10萬人。 烏茲別克一座完工僅3年的水庫突發潰壩事故。示意圖（圖片來源：Pixabay）

【看中國2020年5月4日訊】烏茲別克（Uzbekistan）的一座水庫於5月1日發生潰壩事故，導致數以千計的民房被大水淹沒，烏茲別克及哈薩克當局已撤離約10萬人。

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綜合外媒報導，位於中亞的內陸國家烏茲別克東部的「薩爾多巴水庫」（Sardoba Reservoir）於1日早晨突然潰堤，29公尺高的混泥土壁中出現一道破口，大水沖頃刻間淹沒了下游地區，造成50多人住院治療，錫爾河流域的22個村莊及將近7萬人被撤離，許多農田被淹沒，就連鄰國哈薩克的突厥斯坦地區也受災。