BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, December 9. The Kyrgyz Government plans to transform a total of 44.29 hectares of land in the city of Jalal-Abad of Kyrgyzstan for the construction of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway, Trend reports.
The Cabinet of the Ministers of Kyrgyzstan's resolution stipulates the conversion of these lands from the categories of "Agricultural Land" and "Water Fund Land" to "Industrial, Transport, Communications, Energy, Defense, and Other Purposes." Specifically, the land includes 36.55 hectares of irrigated arable land, 7.54 hectares of dryland arable land, and 0.2 hectares of swamp land.
The Jalal-Abad city administration has been tasked with overseeing the implementation of the resolution.
The China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railroad, 486 kilometers long, will connect the following points: Kashgar-Torugart-Makmal-Jalal-Abad-Andijan. This new rail network will be of great importance to the entire region and will provide a wider range of opportunities for the global trading system by providing reliable and safe infrastructure.
The construction originates from an agreement among China, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan, signed on June 6 of this year, to facilitate the railway project and address financing concerns. Subsequently, the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan Railway Company LLC was established on July 26.
The design capacity of the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railroad has been augmented to 10–12 million tons of cargo annually.