ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan has attracted more than $300 million from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to implement projects to provide drinking water supply to rural areas and restore irrigation systems, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.
During the inaugural session of the General Assembly of the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS) on April 28 in Astana, agreements on attraction of Islamic Development Bank funds was signed under the state guarantee for implementation of two water conservancy projects in Kazakhstan.
The agreements were signed by Kazakhstan Agriculture Minister Asylzhan Mamytbekov and IDB President Ahmad Mohamed Ali Al Madani.
As part of the project to improve water supply in the Almaty region (Enbekshikazakh and Karasai areas) it is planned to start the construction of water pipelines in 15 settlements with a total length of 680 km, including 234 km of distribution lines and 446 km of water networks, as well as the construction of a wastewater treatment plant with a capacity of 18.8 cubic meters per day and the recovery of six existing drainage wells. The amount of borrowed funds is $75.3 million.
The project “Reconstruction of irrigation and drainage systems in the Republic of Kazakhstan” provides for the restoration of the irrigation system on an area of 58 thousand hectares of land in some areas of the Almaty region and the improvement of soil conditions on 92.5 thousand hectares in Maktaral and Shardara districts of the South Kazakhstan region.
These projects are part of the reforms aimed at phased transition of Kazakhstan’s water sector from state budget support to self-sufficiency and improvement of its investment attractiveness.
