SHYMKENT: MORE THAN 30 THOUSAND PEOPLE TOOK PART IN THE CITYWIDE CLEAN-UP DAY

A clean-up day was held in Shymkent as part of the World clean up day campaign.
The worldwide action's aim is to increase environmental knowledge and prevent environmental pollution.
Mayor of the city Murat Aitenov, employees of the city mayor's administration and maslikhat's administration carried out cleaning of the arboretum territory.
The head of the city also examined the seedlings planted in the arboretum Park.
This year, in order to increase the gene pool, new seedlings from 42 species of trees, 5,341 shrubs from 39 species were planted in the park. And in the nursery, 8,469 seedlings from 62 species of trees are grown.
In addition, during the Saturday event, structural departments and territorial agencies carried out clean-up work on the city streets and mayors of the districts with the involvement of employees of commercial objects, collective enterprises, rural bis and chairmans of condominium facilities.
In addition, about 100 specialists from the Urban Youth Centre and activists from youth organizations participated in the event dedicated to the Year of Volunteers. They, together with the staff of the Shymkent Department of Ecology, cleared the Badam River area and collected the garbage separately, depending on the species.
A total of more than 30,000 people attended the event, and about 60 vehicles were used to transport and load garbage.
More than 220 tons of garbage have been removed to the city landfill.
It is worth noting that all works have been carried out in compliance with sanitary and epidemiological requirements.