Overview
- Meteorologists forecast a hot, windy Tuesday with dust storms in places, putting Ulaanbaatar near 28–30°C and raising fire risk before a sharp cool-down with rain and wet snow later in the week.
- City officials said nine water-supply projects and 32 flood-risk measures are now in progress, including long-term works that add new drainage channels and the Tuul water complex to supply and store 50 million cubic meters of water.
- Ulaanbaatar reshuffled leadership by appointing G. Jargalsaihan as first deputy for economics and infrastructure and naming L. Anu-Üjing to coordinate the traffic-congestion program, while releasing tram route details to support the push.
- The “Ulaanbaatar Tram” plan features two lines of 11 km and 15 km with 16 and 23 stops and cars that carry up to 250 passengers, which officials say could cut typical trips to about 30–45 minutes.
- The ruling party’s parliamentary group outlined draft tax changes that raise the value-added tax withholding threshold from 50 million to 400 million MNT, a shift that would ease compliance for many small firms.