ASTANA, Kazakhstan, April 25. Around 20 new water reservoirs will be built in Kazakhstan, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said during his speech at the XXXIII session of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan with the agenda 'Unity. Creation. Progress', Trend reports.
“Almost all dams and reservoirs in our country were built back in the 50-70s of the last century. Due to the lack of modern regulating water management facilities, the current floods turned out to be much more large-scale in their consequences than they could be. Therefore, in 11 regions of Kazakhstan, 20 new and 15 existing reservoirs will be built, which will significantly reduce the risk of flooding 134 settlements,” he noted.
According to him, measures to prevent and reduce the consequences of floods, taking into account international best practices, will be added to the concept of the development of water resources management.
To note, floods started in Kazakhstan in March. A state of emergency was declared in eight regions of the country at the local level. As a result of the floods, thousands of houses remained underwater, and over 119,000 people were evacuated. Tens of thousands of people were involved in rescue work.
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