The head of an air ticket office who offered illegal services for performing the 'Umrah' pilgrimage was detained in the Payarik district of the Samarkand region. Despite lacking the right to send people on 'Umrah', this individual exploited the trust of a local resident.
He demanded 1150 US dollars in exchange for organizing the citizen's trip to Saudi Arabia to perform the blessed journey.
During customs control conducted jointly by employees of the Bozhxon boshqarmasi of Andijan region, the Anti-Smuggling Department, and the 'Dostlik' border customs post, it was revealed that goods were being imported into the country that were not declared in the customs declaration.
In agriculture, the harvest at the end of each season is determined by timely, high-quality, and minimally damaged collection of the achieved yield. It is especially important in cotton farming to organize the drying process in a short period, parallel to cotton processing.
Preparatory work for the 2026 cotton harvest is actively underway in the Karadarinsk region. Currently, defoliation and desiccation measures are being carried out on 129.3 thousand hectares of cultivated cotton in accordance with established agrotechnical requirements.
In the districts of the Syrdarya region bordering neighboring countries, a project is being implemented to reduce the negative impact of wind erosion and dust storms, as well as to improve the ecological situation.
As part of this initiative, protective forest areas and 'green belts' with a total length of 84 kilometers are being created.
