There are risks with payment of salaries: Bishkek vice mayor

AKIPRESS.COM - There are risks in Bishkek city's budget expenditure part in terms of payment of salaries, said deputy mayor Almaz Baketayev.
Budget losses amounted to 900 million soms in 1.5 months, and salary payments will be delayed by a week, he noted.
"We expect help in paying salaries, mainly to teachers," he said.
Due to coronavirus lockdown, some citizens were left without earnings, so it was decided to provide public aid in the form of flour and food products to needy families, he said.
"A special account for donations gathered 4.4 million soms. Humanitarian aid worth more than 50 million soms were distributed to the vulnerable," he said.