ASTANA, Kazakhstan, December 26. The amount of gas supply in Kazakhstan's Shymkent region is among the highest in the country, said Vice Minister of Energy Yerlan Akkenzhenov, Trend reports.
As he noted, the gas supply level in the region is 94.2 percent, or 1.1 million people have access to this supply.
According to Yerlan Akkenzhenov, the republican budget has budgeted 2.7 billion tenge (about $5.8 million) for the implementation of three projects in 2023. These developments enabled the Soltustik Sayazhay microdistrict, which has a population of 26,000 people, to be supplied with gas.
In 2024, another 6.2 billion tenge (about $13.5 million) will be budgeted for the implementation of three projects.
As a result of the projects' completion, the Kaynarbulak residential area, which has a population of over 63,000 people, will get access to natural gas.
Meanwhile, at the end of 2022, the level of gas supply to Kazakhstan was 59 percent. 142 gas projects worth 96.1 billion tenge (about 201.4 million) were implemented in the regions, which made it possible to provide access to natural gas to 285,000 citizens in 107 rural settlements.
In 2023, it is planned to increase the share of gas supply to the population to 60 percent with the implementation of 86 projects for a total budget investment of 74 billion tenge (about $155.1 million).
This will provide gas supplies to 167,000 citizens in 56 rural settlements. As a result, 11.4 million citizens of the republic will have access to gas.
