First Deputy Prime Minister checked completion of dam construction

During a working tour of areas at high risk of flooding of populated areas, First Deputy Prime Minister Roman Sklyar and Akim of the North Kazakhstan region Gauez Nurmukhambetov heard reports on the completion of the construction of dams in the villages of Kozhevennyi and Zarechnyi.

Roman Sklyar also inspected the readiness of strengthening dams and embankment work in the villages of Teplichnoye, Pribrezhnoye and along Ushchev Street. And he checked the defense capability of the dam at a strategic facility – the second lift pumping station of Kyzylzhar Su LLP, which supplies drinking water to Petropavl.

On behalf of the First Deputy Prime Minister, the pumping station was protected by a dam 1.5 meters high and 450 meters long.

He assessed the volume of flood control work done and heard a report on the organization of reducing the load on the road infrastructure. Including the process of minimizing possible damage from the risks of severe flooding, taking into account the updated forecast of high water tides.