Cotton harvest is mixed with sand bags in Andijan to cover the set targets illegally

At the reception points in Boz district, Andijan region, harvested cotton delivery is mixed with sand bags to gain extra weight. "Pripiska" (subscript) of cotton is carried out by order of the head of the district, says Kun.uz correspondent.

According to one of the employees of the cotton receiving point “Khavas” in Boz district, who asked not to disclose his name for security purposes, the bags filled with sand are found among the cotton deliveries to this collection point for over a week.

“We reported this to the administration, but in response we were told: “Do your work quietly, do not interfere”.  According to one of our managers, sandbags are added to the gathered cotton by the order of the head of Boz district. Allegedly, the khokim of the district was forced to take such action so as not to be castigated by the regional khokim. Officials here want report that Boz district had delivered many tons of cotton. The police and other inspection bodies are aware of the situation,” says an employee of the “Khavas” reception point.

Other colleagues confirmed the above words. “There are terrible things happening. In each tractor trailer loaded with cotton, we find between two to fifteen bags filled with sand. When we told the factory director about this, he told that the sand would be useful to the factory. The managers of the reception point are worried about the happenings. They fear that in the event of exposure, all the blame will fall entirely on them. We have observed “subscripts” before. But now such things are being done in order to show that many tons of cotton deliveries have been registered. Yesterday, one tractor with two cotton trailers arrived at our point. The cotton was weighed, but not accepted. Then the tractor drove out of the receiving point and came again after some time. Then only our workers weighed the cotton delivery,” says another employee of the cotton receiving point “Khavas”.

One of the heads of the reception center at the cotton-processing plant in Boz district said that the sand was scattered all over the receiving area. “Nobody can object to the khokim and the police chief. Tomorrow everything will be revealed and the heads of the cotton receiving centers will be guilty. The head of the district and the police chief will have no involvement. Because they give verbal orders, not on the paper,” one of the heads of the receiving centers in Boz district said.

A deputy khokim of Boz district Khumoyun Sodikjonov stated that he has no knowledge on the case.