At 5 a.m. on 5 September final rehearsals for the Asian Games opening ceremony were held in Ashgabat.
Because of this event cars were denied access to residential districts from the side of “10 yil Abadanchylyk” avenue of the capital. The avenue itself is partially closed whereas the streets which start there were also cordoned off.
Moreover, vehicles were denied entry to residential districts located from the side or Andalib and Yunus Emre streets.
Early in the morning people wearing sportswear, many students among them, were heading towards the Olympic village. The dress rehearsal, which was held in the summer heat, ended at midday.
Let us recall that on 29 August President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov stated that “transport flow needs to be regulated during the Asian Games”.
After that central motorways in Ashgabat had been cordoned off and residents had been prevented from walking the streets at night”.