During his visit to the Almaty region deputy of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan Zhanbolat Zhorgenbaev got acquainted with the work on the modernization of the canal systems of the Kegen region, press service of the Senate reports.
The MP focused on the problems of irrigation systems in agriculture, as well as the need to comprehensively work out the issue of creating conditions for farmers. In addition, the parliamentarian touched upon the problems of irrigation systems in agriculture in the whole country, considered ways to solve the problem in cooperation with local authorities and executive authorities.
“Due to the long-term operation of irrigation networks and hydraulic structures without reconstruction and major repairs, they wear out, water consumption increases during transportation, and irrigated lands are not fully developed. To solve this problem, 5 billion 34 million tenge was allocated from the republican budget for the reconstruction of irrigation networks,” the senator noted.
The deputy also got acquainted with the condition of the irrigation canals of Raiymbek district and listened to the appeals of water users.
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