KABUL(SW): As the cold season approaches, the sales of heathers especially the coal-fired heathers and fuel such as coal and wood increased. Most of the residences of the capital have to use coal-fired and fuel heaters due to lack of regular electricity and lack of access to other non-smoking warming appliances.
Some of the coal-fired heather sellers in Kabul said that these days their businesses have been booming and their sales have risen from previous years. Amir Khan and Sajjad, two of these shopkeepers, sell about 20 coal-fired heathers daily, they said “sales are very good, even though the weather is not very cold yet; people buy 15 to 20 heaters everyday”.
As the cold season approaches, the National Environmental Protection Agency is concerned about the increase in the air pollution in Kabul. Naik Mohammad, head of environmental monitoring at the National Environmental Protection Agency, said the government should provide more electricity to Kabul residents in order to reduce the use of coal and wood in the winter.
Providing fuel in the winter is one of the biggest problems for poor families in the country. In this season, the prices for wood, coal and liquid gas are rising and some families do not even have the ability to purchase the same fuel to warm up their homes.
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