Kazakhstan to modernize over 3,000 villages by 2024

Kazakhstan to modernize over 3,000 villages by 2024 (Kazinform)

Nur-Sultan: Kazakhstan plans to modernize 3,477 villages by 2024 in accordance with new regional standards, First Deputy Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov has said.

Under the plan, drinking water, repaired roads and basic social facilities will be made available in the most remote rural areas, Smailov said at a session by the ruling Nur Otan Party, according to local reports.

The move aims to improve the quality of life and well-being of Kazakhstanis.

“The government has allocated a significant amount of funds to promote regional development,” Bauyrzhan Baibek, first deputy chairman of Nur Otan Party, said.

“The party is tasked with providing direct feedbacks from people on the spending of the funds, and supervising the implementation of projects that directly affect Kazakh people.”

According to Deputy Prime Minister Berdibek Saparbayev, Kazakhstan will continue to narrow the urban-rural gap in education and sports facilities and will increase the salaries of teachers, cultural workers, doctors and nurses by more than 20 percent in 2020.