More than 800 residents of 278 households live in the Shar Dov district of Javkhlant Bagh of Khanbogd soum, and their electrical power use is limited and unreliable due to malfunctions of existing power grid.
In the last decade, the number of livestock in Khanbogd soum has been increasing rapidly, and over 170000 livestock were counted last year, which is negatively affecting pasture carrying capacity of the soum. Also, droughts and zuds occur every 4-5 years in this soum. The soum collects its hay and fodder over 1000 kilometers far away such as Ulaanbaatar and Sukhbaatar aimags. All of these indicate that it is necessary to have a standard warehouse for hay and fodder.
Over 600 people live in Bayan-Ovoo soum center. In recent years, number of big scale facilities was constructed such as hospital, sports hall, cultural center and local government house. In 2018, soum center main heating system was upgraded completely, replacing main pipe with 273 mm, 219 mm diameter (the old one was 108 mm diameter). As a result, the existing steam boiler can no longer provide a sufficient heating source to the buildings of the soum center.
Kindergarten No15 of Manlai soum has a building capacity of 100 children, which was commissioned in 2013. For 2018-2019 academic year, the kindergarten admitted 130 children with 8 teachers, 6 workers. This means 50% of 267 children in the coverage area were able to attend in the kindergarten due to capacity of the kindergarten building.
In 2013, Bayan-Ovoo soum in collaboration with Oyu Tolgoi LLC developed a model cropland to support senior citizens and farmers. The disadvantage of this cropland is its remote location from the soum center with no electricity source and it is costly to use generator for irrigation. Therefore, it is necessary to build a power line from the transformator of soum fresh water reserviuor to the cropland.
Manlai Soum Health Center was established in 1938 and its 80th anniversary is to be held in 2018. It is one of the oldest and most important organizations in Manlai soum and provides health services to local communities. Old building of the soum health center was commissioned in 1997 and it doesn’t meet the standard requirements due to mislocation of sanitation and laundry facilities putting hospital operation at risk to spreas infections etc. Because of its geographical location of Manlai soum, located in the far eastern part of Umnugobi aimag, citizens and herders do not have sufficient access to the aimag center or other specialized hospitals. In addition to 2600 local residents of the soum, temporary population has increased significantly.
Mandal-Ovoo is located in the farthest northern part of Umnugobi aimag. It is very far from the aimag center with very few economic means apart from the traditional livestock husbandry. Soum hospital was established in 1938. Existing building of the hospital was commissioned in 1979 and it is a single story building with stone and concrete foundation, brick walls and wooden finishes.
Beautiful Gobi, Umnugobi province is in the southern part of Mongolia and is the land of people with a traditional nomadic lifestyle who are adapted to the nature and climate of the Gobi Desert and has a rich historical and cultural heritage. One of the main economic sectors of the province is tourism, based on its unique natural formations and sceneries. More than 80 percent of all tourists visiting Mongolia come to see the Gobi desert landscapes
Main building of the kindergarten No11 in Dalanzadgad soum was commissioned in 1980 and it has a capacity of 75 children. The number of children enrolled in this kindergarten was 2-3 times more than the capacity. Therefore, additional 3 classrooms were created by using the dormitory of high school No1 and a total of 219 children were educated in this kindergarten. Most children stayed in the dormitory that is not designed for kindergarten use and building of kindergarten No11 do not have for art, sports and dining halls. Therefore, one of the ordinary and non-standard rooms was recreated and used as dining hall.
There is no meat-processing factory in Umnugobi aimag creating inadequate food hygiene for local people, organizations, and mining workers. Also, herders would like to sell their livestock with fair market price and the local meat related businesses need freezers and storages that meet hygiene standards. Moreover, 38,1% (25016) of total population in Umnugobi aimag lives in Dalanzadgad soum center. If annual meat consumption of per person is estimated as 84 kg, annual meat consumption of the soum center residents will be 2,101.344 ton. Processed meat products make 3% of local total meat supply.
Khanbogd soum center is located in a lowland area and often flooding occurs from western and southern mountains. In 2015, after 30 minutes of thunderstorm, the entire soum center was flooded and caused severe damages to state and individual properties, and households sewage systems overflowed causing risks to health and safety of the citizens.
Over 950 children study in the 12-year high school of Khanbogd soum, Umnugobi aimag. Restrooms for students and teachers were not built in the school building in the first place. It is one of the priorities for the school to build school public toilets.
The issue was addressed in the Aimag governor’s action plan 2016-2020 Together-We, and the Development General Plan of Dalanzadgad soum -2030 and policy document on the blood prevention of residents. In the past few years, central roads in Dalanzadgad soum have been built without any flood drainage system, so when it rains, roads are directly flooded and there is a great risk to life, health and property of individuals and organizations.
Since the commissioning the secondary school dormitory of Bayan-Ovoo soum has never been maintained. The dorm is not equipped with the ventilation system, the roof leaks during the rains, windows are cracked and the electrical cables donot comply safety standards and unsafe for the students. According to statistics, population of Mongolia is rapidly increasing since 2010 and the local population shall increase gradually.
9 buildings that are built in the north side of the soum in the recent years according to the soum development plan of Khanbogd soum, such as the Governor's Office, cultural center, social insurance office, kindergarten, 5 floor apartment and community development center are not connected to the central heating system because the old heating plant does not have enough capacity. Buildings in this soum have independent heating systems. This creates issues such as air pollution and high utility costs since some have electric heating system.
The existing heating plant in Manlai soum is located between 3 main governmental buildings of the soum, 33 m away from the school of 330 children, 17 m from kindergarten with 125 kids and in 28 meters away from dormitory with capacity of 77 children. The heating plant adversely impacts to health of more than 100 members of Manlai soum because of the pollutant substances. Manlai soum Governor’s office has completed necessary studies and engineering design works.
In the recent years, the number of livestock in the country is increasing dramatically. According to the Umnugobi aimag statistics, the number of livestock increased by 1 million for the last 5 years and reached 2.6 million at the end of 2017. Due to this context, there are issues such as over grazing, increasing number of animal infectious diseases, poor livestock breeds that leads to less productivity which results in poor quality of livestock products.
768 students attend school number 2 of Dalanzadgad soum. The school sports hall is 6 mx12m. Although the hall affords volleyball games, it does not comply with the modern standards such as no fitting room, no other rooms for for different club activities. Therefore, the proposal of construction of new sports complex of school #2 of Dalanzadgad soum was included in the 2016 Economic and Social development plan of the aimag.
Due to the incomplete heating system planning of the cultural hall, library and other rooms in construction drawing and budget of the “640-student school and 200-child kindergarten complex of Khanbogd soum”, newly constructed Khanbogd soum school and kindergarten were inadequately heated during the cold season. It was also necessary to ensure the school and kindergarten complex’s regular operation and create a comfortable learning environment, as the glass skylights would not be suitable for desert conditions if they were not replaced, rain and snow leak and disrupt the operation of the building.
Currently the Khanbogd soum has a population of 5200 and by 2020 the population is estimated to reach 14000. The estimate is based on the permanent population and relocation of Oyu Oyu Tolgoi staff, its contractors, and suppliers. According to the estimate of 2014, there are 1500 children of ages 3-18. Maximum number of pupils per class in the secondary school must be 20-30 and 30 children in a kindergarten class. Despite the standards, the Khanbogd Soum School with capacity of 360 students accommodates 900 with 40 students in one class. 420 kids are enrolled in a kindergarten with a capacity of 300 kids. 208 pre-school children stay at home.
1958 out of 2,763 pre-school children in Dalanzadgad soum had admitted to kindergarten in 2015. 805 children stay at home, lacking the opportunity to be provided with preschool education. There are 7 kindergartens in Dalanzadgad soum. The admission standard per class in Dalanzadgad is 25 children. However, there are 34-48 children in a class today which negatively impacts on health and learning abilities of children.
Currently the Khanbogd soum has a population of 5200 and by 2020 the population is estimated to reach 14000. The estimate is based on the permanent population and relocation of Oyu Oyu Tolgoi staff, its contractors, and suppliers. According to the estimate of 2014, there are 1500 children of ages 3-18. Maximum number of pupils per class in the secondary school must be 20-30 and 30 children in a kindergarten class. Despite the standards, the Khanbogd Soum School with capacity of 360 students accommodates 900 with 40 students in one class. 420 kids are enrolled in a kindergarten with a capacity of 300 kids. 208 pre-school children stay at home.
The old hospital of Bayan-Ovoo soum was built in 1979 and was badly damaged by flood in 2014 and 2015. The State Specialized Inspection Agency determined that the existing health care facility does not meet national hospital sanitary standards. The building has a high risk of contagious diseases, specifically fungal infections to be spread among patients. According to the National Health Service standards, communities with population of 2000-15000 residents must have 15-30 bed hospitals with 24 hour services with staff including doctors, nurses, midwives and support staff. Bayan-Ovoo soum population reached 1737 in 2016 and it was recommended to build 10 bed hospital.
1958 out of 2,763 pre-school children in Dalanzadgad soum had admitted to kindergarten in 2015. 805 children stay at home, lacking the opportunity to be provided with preschool education. There are 7 kindergartens in Dalanzadgad soum. The admission standard per class in Dalanzadgad is 25 children. However, there are 34-48 children in a class today which negatively impacts on health and learning abilities of children.