Photo by the press service of the Jogorku Kenesh. Temirlan Aitieff
“The increase in water flow leads to the loss of 2-3 meters of our territory to the water every year. According to official statistics, over the past three years, one of the communities has lost 200 hectares of land due to flooding. This is a real national tragedy,” Aitieff noted.
In addition, the deputy emphasized that the chaotic development of sand and gravel deposits in the protective zones of the canal exacerbates the situation. He pointed out that licenses for resource extraction are often issued at the expense of reducing pastures, which negatively affects livestock breeders and threatens the country's food security.
“When we contact government agencies, we are told that quarries benefit the economy. However, the taxes they pay are not comparable to the damage they cause. For example, in the Kara-Zhyghach rural municipality, there are 15 quarries operating, but the district's budget remains dependent on subsidies,” he added.
The deputy also criticized the state of road infrastructure and ecology. According to him, heavy machinery transporting materials from the quarries destroys roads built with state budget funds, and real land reclamation after extraction is not carried out.
“We only read in documents about the implementation of reclamation, but in reality, this is not visible. Extraction sites turn into abandoned pits resembling caves. We are losing invaluable lands due to our inaction and negligence. Every meter of our homeland was defended at the cost of blood, and now we are losing territories due to indifference,” Temirlan Aitieff concluded.
He called on the Cabinet of Ministers to take this issue under personal control.
