Akmand of Almaty region Amandyk Batalov told how a drinking water problem is being solved in the region at a press conference in the Central Communications Service.

“In drinking water, I believe that, in general, the Almaty region is a large region. As I said, 80% of the population lives in the countryside. Due to the help of the government, and on the instructions of the Head of the State, there are a lot of settlements. This is one of the priority directions in our work. Today, we allocate 4-5 billion tenge annually from the local budget at par with the republic. Now the level of provision with high-quality drinking water is about 86%. This is the highest figure. Although there are some villages near Almaty where there is still no high-quality water. They turn to social networks and television. But in general, the situation here is this. To them, too, turn comes. We have more than 20 projects implemented annually. I remember that in 2015, 46 such projects were implemented in one year. And it gave such an effect. We are working on drinking water and will continue to work. Today, the level of security, I think, speaks for itself, ”said Amandy Batalov, mayor of Almaty region, at a press conference in the CCS.


As the head of the region noted, the second is the provision of water for agricultural needs.

 

"This is a very big question. Today, the Almaty region has the longest irrigation networks of 17 thousand km. We have 143 large and small reservoirs. From a million cubic meters to 19 million cubic meters in Kapchagai. Today we have an inventory Then we made design and estimate documentation. Kazvodkhoz provides us with enormous help through the Ministry of Agriculture, and we, in turn, made design and estimate documentation and decided 34 billion external money through the Islamic Development Bank. As you know, the Kyzylagash dam passed through the years. It was not implemented. Next year we complete it. 7 thousand hectares of irrigated land are suspended. Due to the fact that we do irrigation networks, we will involve 126 hectares of irrigated land to the existing 450 thousand hectares. This is if in the whole republic the President designated 500 thousand hectares, ”the oblast akim noted.


Amandyk Batalov also informed that the issue of increasing her / irrigated land to 1 million hectares is currently being worked out, the Almaty oblast is leading 126 thousand hectares. And this, as the Akim emphasized, the yield increase by 2.3.4 times, depending on the crops.