16.12.2017 13:56
The President of our country Shavkat
Mirziyoyev got acquainted with projects on construction and
reconstruction of melioration and irrigation networks in
Karakalpakstan.
Irrigation-reclamation activities worth
248 billion sums were implemented in 2013-2017 in the Aral Sea region,
at the expense of budgetary funds and centralized investments, water
supply of 140 thousand hectares and reclamation of 231 thousand hectares
of areas were improved.
The resolution of the Head of our state
“On the State Program of development of irrigation and improvement of
the reclamation state of irrigated lands for the period of 2018-2019” of
November 27 this year has contributed to the expansion of the scope of
this work.
In accordance with this resolution, in
the next two years, it is planned to reconstruct 140 kilometers of
canals and 53 hydraulic engineering constructions, which will improve
the reclamation state of 60 thousand hectares of irrigated land.
Construction and reconstruction activities on reservoirs with a length
of more than 246 kilometers, repair and restoration of 3 735 kilometers
of collectors are planned. As a result, the ameliorative condition of 89
thousand hectares of land will improve, and the yield of crops will
increase.
Construction of Shurbulak reservoir in
order to improve water supply in shallow waters in the lower reaches of
Amudarya, development of fish farming, livestock, horticulture and
creation of new workplaces is planned in Turtkul district.
As it is known, the drying up of the Aral
and the retreat of the sea for 180-200 kilometers from the shore led to
the exposure of the bоttom. As a result, the waters of Amudarya flow
into the Aral from a height, as a result of which, rills are formed
alongside the reservoir of Muynak district, through which the water from
the reservoir goes to the sea. As a result, the Muynak reservoir,
Rybachye, Makpalkul, Zakirkul lakes are becoming shallow, fish and fauna
of this area is under the threat of extinction.
To prevent this, activity on
reconstruction and restoration of the capacity of the northern and
eastern dams was carried out in 2013-2017. At the next stage it is
planned to restore the dam along Maypost lake and build a hydraulic
structure that will allow water to flow from the lake into the old
estuary of Amudarya.
The Head of our state was also presented a project on improving water resources management in southern Karakalpakstan.
As a result of implementation of the
project, water supply of about 100 thousand hectares of areas in
Ellikkala, Beruniy and Turtkul districts will be set up and 269 million
cubic meters of water saved per year. Stopping 23 pumping stations, as
well as more than 450 pumping aggregates of the association of water
users and farms will save 52 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per
year.
The President of our country gave
instructions on qualitative implementation of projects in irrigation
sphere and rational use of water resources in the region.
