Bakytzhan Sagintayev unveils priorities of Almaty city development
The Mayor shared his vision ofthe first-order problems and priorities of the city’s development.
According to him, the city retainspositive dynamics in all economic indicators. Thus, short-term economicindicator of six basic sectors (industry, agriculture, construction, trade,transport and communications) reached 104% in 6 months. The volume of investmentsrose by 8%. Growth in industrial production and construction made 5.2% and 3.9%respectively. Housing commissioning increased by 2%. More than 1trn tenge oftaxes was collected that is 10% higher against the previous period. Manufacturingof products by SMEs shows a 9.8% rise. In general, the city expects that GrossRegional Product will rise by 3.5% in the H1.
Alongside, Sagintayev touchedupon several unsolved problems of Almaty – lack of high-paying jobs, rise in pricesfor essential products, high prices for utilities, unaffordable housing,ecology, quality of health services and public security.
He stressed that Almaty should bedeveloped on City without Suburbsprinciple.
«People living in the suburbsshould enjoy an equal access to the services offered to the residents of thecity,» the Mayor stressed.
Capital spending on landscapingworks in the city comprised 65bn tenge in the past 5 years, while suburbsreceived 15.5bn tenge only, he added. The residents of the suburbs complain aboutlack of vital infrastructure – main water supply line, gas and street lighting,quality roads, bus stops.
«The situation must be changed completely. Our goal is to considerably improve quality of life of the people living in thesuburbs. We should adopt large-scale programs of creation of jobs, demolition of dilapidated shelters,construction of social facilities, landscaping and SMEs development,» said Sagintayev. Hecommissioned the mayors of the districts to draft detailed plans of prompt solutionof the problems raising concern of the population.
According to BakytzhanSagintayev, the city will be fully provided with central water supply system,gas and lighting by the end of 2020.