The issues of improving drinking water supply are considered

On September 22, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting on providing the population with high-quality drinking water.

In our country, including in the regions, many social programs are being implemented aimed at strengthening the health and improving the quality of life of the population. In particular, over the past six years, 14 trillion 500 billion soums have been allocated from the state budget for drinking water supply, which is 6 times more than before. 31 thousand kilometers of drinking water supply and sewerage networks have been laid, 1.2 thousand water supply facilities have been built and repaired. As a result, clean drinking water was supplied to the homes of 6.5 million people in a thousand mahallas for the first time.

At the same time, it is necessary to improve the supply of drinking water in 30 districts and 1.4 thousand mahallas. For them, it is necessary to find sources of clean water.

In many cases, water is used wastefully, there is no accounting for it. Some pumps, special equipment of the enterprises of the sphere need updating.

These and other problems were discussed today during a meeting held in a critical spirit, and the necessary measures were identified.

The joint-stock company "Uzsuvtaminot" is tasked to build and repair 12 thousand kilometers of networks and 1.3 thousand water supply facilities by the end of this year. Thanks to this, 1 million 100 thousand residents in 145 mahallas will get centralized access to drinking water for the first time, and water supply will improve in 2 thousand mahallas.

The khokims of the regions were instructed, together with people's deputies, to develop and submit to the government a water supply program for the next year. The need for special attention to 30 areas with low water availability was emphasized.

The implementation of such projects as improvement of drinking water supply in Kushrabotsky district, reconstruction of drainage systems in the cities of Bukhara and Jizzakh, sewerage in the cities of Gulistan, Yangier and Shirin is considered.

The work on cost optimization in Bukhara is called exemplary. Thus, during the implementation of the project of reconstruction of water purification and sewerage systems in the city of Bukhara at a cost of $ 281 million, $ 75 million was saved. These funds can be used to build another 1,150 kilometers of water supply and 117 kilometers of sewer networks.

It is pointed out the importance of optimizing costs in other projects, to direct the saved funds to improve water supply and sewerage systems in the areas where the projects are being implemented.

The responsible persons of the sphere and the khokims of the regions were given instructions on the technical and economic aspects of 24 promising projects.

Measures have also been defined to replace pumps with energy-saving analogues, financial stabilization of enterprises in the sphere.