While Tajik authorities insist there is no energy rationing in the country, reports are emerging of complete blackouts for 7 straight hours Hospitals are the hardest hit, with doctors left helpless in case of emergencies during the night Tajiks are desperate for the Roghun hydropower plant to become fully operational in order to provide the electricity the country badly needs There has never been a shortage of patients in Murod’s private dental clinic on the rural outskirts of the southern Tajik city of Bokhtar. But Murod fears his clinic will go out of business if the crippling electricity blackouts that began in most parts of Tajikistan in October continue through the winter, as many people expect. “We get a few hours of electricity in the mornings and evenings, but there is no electricity during business hours,” said Murod, who doesn’t want to give his full name. Murod says he […]