The tasks for the development of the capital's infrastructure have been defined

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting in Tashkent on the development of energy and transport infrastructure, improvement of mahallas and increasing employment.

Responsible persons of the city and representatives of the public took part in it.

The first issue on the agenda was energy. It was noted that it is important to use renewable sources to expand the energy potential. It is indicated that it is possible to install solar panels in Tashkent with a total capacity of at least 2000 megawatts.

In particular, solar panels can be installed on the roofs of apartment buildings, social and other facilities, on the territory of industrial zones, parking lots and large water facilities. As a result of these measures, according to calculations, it is possible to create energy sources in the amount of 1.8 billion kilowatt-hours, which is 4 times more than the additional demand of 240 million kilowatt-hours of electricity projected for 2023.

The President stressed the need to move away from the state monopoly in the production of electricity and the formation of a competitive environment. In particular, the state will be guaranteed to purchase electricity from entrepreneurs who have installed solar panels. And from next year they will be able to sell it to other consumers. Individuals who have installed panels in their homes will be able to sell excess electricity at a price of 1 thousand soums for each kilowatt.

Measures have been defined for the installation of solar panels in industrial zones and large enterprises, which will produce 400 million kilowatt-hours, as well as for the construction of a solar power plant with a capacity of 500 megawatts in the Yukorichirchik district. Solar panels will also be installed on the roofs of social facilities and government departments. Instructions were given to reduce electricity losses at industrial enterprises, to upgrade the main heating mains and internal heating systems in 1,817 apartment buildings.

In general, $1 billion will be allocated for the introduction of renewable energy sources in the city.

The meeting also discussed issues of ensuring employment of the population of the capital in 2023.

It was emphasized that in order to achieve large-scale plans to create jobs, it is necessary to rely on entrepreneurs and support them.

In particular, this year 20 trillion soums of loans will be allocated for the development of the Tashkent service sector.

It is planned to allocate preferential loans in the amount of 300 billion soums for family entrepreneurship.

It was noted that 1.4 trillion soums will be allocated for the improvement of social and industrial infrastructure in the mahallas of the capital, and 573 billion soums will be allocated for projects within the framework of the "Initiative Budget".

The President also touched upon the issues of improvement of mahallas, repair of roads and water supply facilities. It was decided to allocate additional budget funds for 584 billion soums - 1 billion for each of the 584 mahallas of the city.

At the meeting, special attention was paid to the field of public transport. It was noted that in order to expand passenger service, an additional thousand buses will be delivered by April 1, separate lanes will be organized for buses on 25 streets, traffic lights will be regulated depending on the flow of passengers, parking lots will be organized and parking meters will be installed.

The Head of State criticized the fact that when issuing construction permits, an accurate calculation of the load on the existing infrastructure is not carried out, and work on the organization of green zones is carried out in isolation from building plans. In this regard, it was noted that a moratorium on the construction of new facilities will be announced until the general plan of the city is approved.

The task has been set to bring the level of landscaping of the city of Tashkent to 28 percent in 2023. To this end, a new park will be created on an area of 100 hectares and the Tashkent Green Belt project will begin.

The state of affairs in the field of waste management in the capital is called unsatisfactory. The task has been set to reform the activities of the State Unitary Enterprise "Makhsustrans" and bring the level of waste processing to 50 percent.

At the end of the meeting, reports of the leadership of the capital and the khokims of the districts were heard.

There was also a presentation of plans for the development of the service sector and increasing employment in Tashkent.