Pavlodar Oblast Akim Took a Flight Around the Flood Hazard Areas of Bayanaul District

“Our Karaganda colleagues have made repairs to the receiving chamber of the stanch and reinforced the dam, raising it by 1.5 meters,” said the Akim of Pavlodar Oblast. – “In past years, every winter water spilt over this dam, today the water level is not so high, the capacity of the reservoir is 3 million cubic kilometres, and today it contains up to 1 million cubic kilometres of water. Despite the fact that the threat of flooding is minimal, the level of readiness of our services is high and the inert material is fully prepared. Flooding situation in the region is under my personal control.”

In total, in the Oblast, taking into account the flood period of 2017, 57 settlements with a population of 4,619 people, 42 road sections with a length of 4,951 km and 1 section of the railway in 0.1 km are under special control.

As of today, according to the data of Kazgidromet, snow cover indicators for the Oblast remain below the normative by 10% and by 30% below the level of snow in 2017. Based on the data of snow surveys and the meteorological forecast, there is not expected to be a sharp melting of snow on the territory of the Oblast, and therefore the evolution of threat of mass flooding with meltwater is minimal.

Despite favourable forecasts, the work has been carried out to reinforce protective embankments. In total, 7.35 km of embankments in the villages of Tendyk, Karaashchy, Kenzhekol, Leninsky and Aksu settlements, as well as in Aksu town have been reinforced. Preventive work with the population and a number of other preventive measures have been carried out.

In the cities and districts of the Oblast systematic work is being done to prepare for the flood period. 470 thousand cubic meters of snow have been removed, stocks of necessary materials have been created: 227 tons of fuel, 220.5 thousand tons of inert materials, 52.3 thousand bags.

To prevent erosion of road sections and ensure uninterrupted traffic by road services, the works on clearing and opening of 1310 culverts will be completed by the end of March.

The total reserve of the Oblast money for the prevention and liquidation of emergency situations is 1,070 billion KZT (2017 – 936.5 million KZT, 2016 – 766.9 million KZT).

The grouping of forces and assets for the liquidation of the flood situation, which included 600 units of equipment, 61 floating crafts and 1,827 personnel, has been determined.

The Akimats of cities and districts, whose territories are located in the coastal part of the Irtysh River, have concluded 8 contracts of intent with Vostokvzryvprom, LLP for blasting operations, if necessary.

In order to forecast the flood situation on the Irtysh River, interaction with East Kazakhstan Oblast of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Omsk Oblast of the Russian Federation has been organized to provide information on the passage of the ice drift along the Irtysh River.