Residents of Bukhar-Zhyrau district: "Finally they hear us"

Akim of Karaganda region Ermaganbet Bulekpayev and heads of departments met with residents of Bukhar-Zhyrau district. They received more than fifty people with various questions.

Those who came to the meeting at the House of Culture of Gabiden Mustafin village received electronic queue numbers.

Many of them wanted to get to the head of the region. There were also those who did not come with a personal question, but represented the interests of the residents of an entire settlement.

– I appealed on behalf of the residents of the Mustafin village. He asked when the bridge over the Nuru River would be built. The akim of the region and the head of the district promised that the bridge will be next year, – says pensioner Pyotr Fedchenko. – This is an economically and strategically important facility for the population. Many residents of our village work in the city. To get to it, you need to go through Aktau. And this is 60-70 km. If a bridge is built, people will be able to drive directly and save time and gasoline.

A resident of the village of Suyksu, Ospan Nurlanov, asks to repair a three-story building of a former school in his native village. It's empty now. The activist proposes to convert it into a sports club, where children and young people could practice martial arts and play board games. He is also concerned about the repair of 5 km of the road from the Suyksu village to Akbastau. The head of the region assured that next year this site will be paved. The issue of converting the former school building will also be considered.

– I am pleased with this format of the meeting. I asked my questions, got answers. They're finally hearing us. I hope that our proposals will be considered," Ospan Nurlanov shared.

The coaches of Tsentralnoye and Petrovka villages told about the lack of gyms for young people. Members of the local government of the Botakara village complained about the high tariff for pumping septic tanks.

Residents of the district raised issues of village improvement, high-quality water supply.

The akim of the region recorded their complaints and suggestions and instructed them to work out each appeal.

– All questions will be under my personal control. No appeal will remain unanswered. A concrete plan will be drawn up with responsible persons on all issues," Ermaganbet Bulekpayev assured.

The head of the region also got acquainted with the harvesting in the Bukhar-Zhyrau district.

He visited potato and granary storages of the leading agricultural enterprises – LLP "Baymyrza Agro" and "Nur AE". They grow 25-30 thousand tons of wheat, potatoes and barley.

The whole process of sowing, watering and harvesting in farms is automated. There are modern circular sprinkler machines in the fields, which allow you to save water. Farmers use a precision farming system – GPS navigators are installed on the equipment.

In general, the harvesting area of grain crops in the Bukhar-Zhyrau district is 158.6 thousand hectares. Potatoes are to be harvested on an area of 2,218 hectares. Other vegetables are planned to be harvested from 193 hectares.

The harvesting campaign involved 339 farms, 235 combine harvesters and 33 units of potato harvesting equipment.