Kazakhstan to build new canal
Kazakhstan is considering the possibility of building a new canal from the rivers Irtysh to Ishim through the city of Astana, Environment Minister Nurlan Kapparov said at the parliamentary meeting on October 7, Novosti-Kazakhstan reported.
"If we build this waterway, the amount of supplied water will increase up to one billion cubic meters per year," Kapparov said.
The canal will be 340 kilometres long and will supply water to 30 settlements. The project cost will hit about $500 billion tenge ($3.3 billion).
He said that four reservoirs will be built along the canal.
Moreover, Kazakhstan is considering a project of constructing
new branch canals from the existing Irtysh-Karaganda one. This
project would be worth 104 billion tenge ($700 million).
According to Kapparov, the governments will choose one of these two
projects.
Here we are to serve you with news right now. It does not cost much, but worth your attention.
Choose to support open, independent, quality journalism and subscribe on a monthly basis.
By subscribing to our online newspaper, you can have full digital access to all news, analysis, and much more.
You can also follow AzerNEWS on Twitter @AzerNewsAz or Facebook @AzerNewsNewspaper
Thank you!