Governmental group to visit S Kazakhstan oblast

SHYMKENT. October 27. KAZINFORM /Tatyana Pylayeva/ A governmental group led by First Vice Prime Minister Umirzak Shukeyev is to visit the South Kazakhstan oblast.
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According to the regional administration, the group will survey the Koksaray Water Reservoir where the second stage of construction work is being completed.

The members of the Cabinet will also get familiarized with implementation of the projects on water supply of the city of Shymkent and several settlements. They will also attend an exhibition of new technologies and equipment used in water supply and drain.

In the evening the delegation members will take part in a seminar-conference devoted to discussion of the draft Ak-Bulak program on water supply development for 2011-2020. Noteworthy to say that realization of 2005-2010 Clean Water state program comes to end. According to the administration, over KZT 16 bln was allocated for the program's implementation in the region. "As of January 1, 2010 482 out of 900 settlements in region use clean drinking water. 247 settlements use local water sources and 13 ones drink water delivered from other areas", a press release reads.

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