A regular meeting of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan was held on December 17.

A regular meeting of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan was held on December 17.

Deputies, within the framework of the parliamentary inquiry, directed at the initiative of the faction of the Social-Democratic Party of Uzbekistan “Adolat” to the Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, heard the information “On the state of use of water-saving technologies and prospects for increasing its effectiveness in Uzbekistan, introduction of modern techniques and technologies in agricultural enterprises”.

The event was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources and other ministries, departments and agencies, representatives of the mass media.

In the parliamentary inquiry of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis information is requested from the Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the status of implementation of the Law “On water and water use”, aimed at improving used facilities in irrigation and equipment through the introduction of water-saving technologies and advanced irrigation techniques, implementation of the Decree DP-1958 of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated from April 19, 2013 “On measures on further improving reclamation of irrigated lands and rational use of water resources for the period of 2013-2017”, as well as measures on further improving the existing normative-legal acts in order to effectively use the country’s water-saving technologies and to accelerate their implementation.

It was noted that over the years, the Ministry has carried out works in this direction. In particular, hydraulic and other engineering structures of water management, systems of automatic control of water resources are widely used in order to meet the challenges on organization of effective use of water resources, their protection, storage and delivery to consumers.

Water resources system of the republic covers irrigation network of 180 thousand kilometers, 160 thousand facilities of water resources management, 800 major facilities, 1496 pumping stations with capacity of 8.2 bln kWh per year, 55 water reservoirs with the volume of more than 19 billion cubic meters, 4124 irrigation vertical wells.

In 2013-2015 collector networks with length of 2575 km were reconstructed and constructed in order to fulfill the above-mentioned Decree. Horizontal open and closed drainage networks with length respectively of 36 thousand 957 km and 1564 km were renovated and restored. 477 units of reclamation equipment and machinery through the state leasing company “Uzmeliomashlizing” have been purchased.

Besides, in 2013-2015 works on construction and reconstruction of channels with the length of 890 km, the network gutter with length of 193 km, 42 hydraulic structures, pumping stations with a total capacity of 32,9 m³/s, reservoirs with volume of 323 million m³ have been carried out.

In the information of the Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources, it is noted that a drip irrigation system on an area of 18,5 thousand hectares, irrigation system with flexible tubes – on an area of 18,4 thousand hectares, methods of membrane irrigation in the area of 16,3 thousand hectares has been introduced in the country.

Deputies noted the need for the greater use of the existing opportunities in the activities of the Ministry in this sphere, increasing responsibilities of relevant departments in the structure of the ministry, achieving full and effective use of funds allocated from the state budget, attracting foreign investment to the sphere, as well as further strengthening practical work in the country on localization of production of other modern water-saving technologies and supporting manufacturers, further improving the legal framework in this sphere.

Taking into account the views and comments made during the discussion, the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis took note of the information of the Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources.

According to the results of the parliamentary inquiry, a corresponding resolution of the Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan was adopted.

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