Overview
- Officials instructed Tavantolgoi to rebag household fuel so each sack weighs 25.5–26 kg, increased daily deliveries, and are using the Khotula app with card/QR verification to manage allocations.
- Residents can buy three solid fuels—half‑coke briquettes, improved briquettes, and washed middling—with a full shift to half‑coke briquettes targeted for December.
- Ulaanbaatar reports 95% completion of 750 winter‑preparedness measures as of October 31, including readiness across utilities and public services.
- Hydrometeorological forecasters expect continuous river ice to form from late November into early December but warn thickness will likely be unsafe for people, animals, and vehicles.
- Preliminary studies for the Tuul Water Complex are underway by KPIL, with plans to add 50–100 million cubic meters of annual surface‑water storage to bolster long‑term supply.