Government to allocate over KZT 250 bln for housing-utilities sector - U. Shukeyev

ASTANA. October 27. KAZINFORM /Serik Sabekov/ Government plans to allocate over 250 bln for development of housing and utilities sector in the nearest five years. First Vice Prime Minister Umirzak Shukeyev has said it at the opening ceremony of the International Conference on Housing and Utilities: Problems, Solutions and Prospects in Astana today.

As the Vice PM noted the Government had approved a branch program on new principles of management of the sector and implementation of resource saving technologies in it.

"In previous ten years the national and local budgets allocated KZT 63.9 bln for the sector's development. In the oncoming five years we plan to increase this figure up to KZT 250 bln", Shukeyev added.