ASTANA, Kazakhstan, October 27. This year, work is underway on the construction and reconstruction of 221 km of regional roads and 249 km of intra-village roads in 73 settlements in the Zhetysu region of Kazakhstan, said the head of the regional executive power, Beybit Isabayev, Trend reports.
He informed the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev about the socio-economic indicators of the region.
As he noted, the total length of highways in the Zhetysu region is 3,988 km.
Isabayev also spoke about the water and gas supply in the region. "There are 22 projects being implemented in the region for the reconstruction and construction of water supply systems. 22 settlements, including Taldykorgan, were supplied with gas; 288,000 people received access to gas," he said.
According to him, this year, construction and installation work is being carried out in 20 settlements.
In turn, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev positively assessed the pace of development in the region and instructed it to continue working in this direction.
In general, at the end of 2022, the level of gas supply to Kazakhstan was 59 percent. 142 gas projects worth 96.1 billion tenge (about 201.4 million) were implemented in the regions, which made it possible to provide access to natural gas to 285,000 citizens in 107 rural settlements.
In 2023, it is planned to increase the share of gas supply to the population to 60 percent with the implementation of 86 projects for a total budget investment of 74 billion tenge (about $155.1 million).
This will provide gas supplies to 167,000 citizens in 56 rural settlements. As a result, 11.4 million citizens of the republic will have access to gas.