Five villages in Jetisu region connected to natural gas

Five villages in Kazakhstan's Jetisu region, including aul settlements in Panfilov district, have been connected to natural gas. The project to gasify 126 settlements in the region is being carried out jointly by QazaqGaz and the regional akimat under an instruction from the Head of State. Currently 110 cities and villages in the region are gasified, and 16 more are planned to be connected by the end of the year.

In the aul of Akaral, home to 400 residents, natural gas has been brought to the settlement, and the house of Bibigul Batyrbekova was among the first to be connected. She said that every winter had brought difficulties and that a tonne of coal once cost 30,000 tenge, while now there is no need to haul coal. Resident Askar Aiypuly said that quality of life has improved.

Nurzhan Tyumebayev, director of the Zhetysu branch of QAZAQGAZ AIMAQ, said gasification in the region stands at 68%, and 467,000 people use natural gas. Work will continue toward Taldykorgan–Usharal, and gasification of 84 more settlements in Aksu, Alakol and Sarkan districts starts this year.