The government is moving away from spot repairs toward systemic modernisation of utility networks, Primeminister.kz reports.

Over the past two years, the "Tariff for Investment" programme drew about 605 billion tenge into the utilities sector. These funds repaired 12,300 km of engineering networks, cutting average infrastructure wear by 6.2 percentage points.

For comprehensive renewal of heating, power, water-supply and wastewater networks, the National Project "Modernisation of the Energy and Utility Sectors" was adopted. Its goal is to reduce nationwide equipment and network wear to 40% and accident rates by 20%. Total investment is about 13 trillion tenge.

Some 6.8 trillion tenge is earmarked for the utility sector to renew 86,000 km of networks: 77,600 km of power lines, 4,700 km of water supply, 2,600 km of wastewater and 1,600 km of heating networks. In 2025, 17 high-wear pilot projects were financed for about 31.7 billion tenge.

To ease the impact of modernisation on tariffs, amendments subsidising loan interest rates were adopted. Targeted assistance for utility costs is provided for socially vulnerable groups.

A further 6.2 trillion tenge will fund modernisation and construction of new generation, raising installed capacity to 32.6 GW. Priority goes to domestic producers: 2,786 product items worth 2.24 trillion tenge were identified, with a pool of 220 Kazakh plants and 669 EP contractors.

The measures form part of implementing the President's infrastructure-development instructions set out in the Address to the Nation.

The State Municipal Enterprise with the right of economic management "Shymkent Sushar", which is part of the Department for the Development of Urban Comfortable Environment of the Akimat of the city of Shymkent, provides the service of supplying water resources for irrigating agricultural lands.

In the current year 2026, the enterprise conducted a large-scale campaign to conclude contracts. Water supply agreements have been signed with 520 farms, 4 legal entities, as well as with the owners of 4500 individual subsidiary farms. The total area of land planned for irrigation this current growing season is 4600 hectares.

Currently, the State Municipal Enterprise "Shymkent Sushar" is actively working within the framework of the water supply season. The main tasks of the campaign are to ensure a continuous and stable supply of water, minimize water resource losses, and increase the efficiency of irrigation systems.

To organize the water supply and conduct technical control over the channels, specialized personnel have been involved: a section chief, 5 channel foremen, and 23 water distribution controllers-inspectors.

The material and technical base of the enterprise includes 27 main water distribution nodes and hydraulic structures. All objects of the water infrastructure are in communal ownership and on the balance sheet of the State Public Institution "Department for the Development of Urban Comfortable Environment" of the city of Shymkent.

Reference information: the carrying capacity indicators of the water distribution nodes of the State Municipal Enterprise "Shymkent Sushar".

Note: All mentioned facilities are put into operation and are on the balance sheet of the State Public Institution "Department for the Development of Urban Comfortable Environment" of the city of Shymkent.

According to Shymkent · Comfortable Urban Environment, the water distribution nodes provide the necessary capacity for the effective distribution of water resources.

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