09.12.2022

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has become acquainted with the report on the ongoing work to improve the housing and communal services and provide the population with potable water.

There are about 39,7 thousand apartment buildings in our country. The management and service companies are being created to provide quality services to their residents. At the beginning of this year, there were 324 such organizations, and today their number has reached 766. Hence, more than 36 thousand or 92% of multi-storey buildings are catered by the management and service companies.

This year alone, they have invested 262 billion Uzbek-soums in the construction and repair, the purchase of machinery and equipment. About 14 thousand jobs have been created in the new companies.

The information and calculations for apartments are included in the «Mening Uyim» (My House) billing system. Over the past period of this year, payments worth 206 billion Uzbek-soums have been made through this system.

One of the important tasks in the sphere is to provide houses with heat. In this regard, targeted projects are being implemented in the regions.

More than half of apartment buildings have a centralized and individual heating system. The rest are heated by stoves, electric heaters or other equipment.

The Ministry of Housing and Communal Services manages 495 boiler houses. During the period of 2018-2021, 47 boiler houses and 78 kilometers of heating networks have been reconstructed. This year, 24 more boiler houses and 182 kilometers of networks have been renovated in cities such as Bukhara, Samarkand, Karshi, Jizzakh, Namangan, Asaka. As a result, 70 thousand households and 113 social facilities have been provided with thermal energy.

In general, as a result of these projects, the level of provision of multi-storey buildings with heat has increased. The annual energy savings will amount to 130 million cubic meters of natural gas and 1,2 million kilowatt-hours of electricity.

As a consistent continuation of this work, within the investment program for 2023, there are plans to build 3 boiler houses, to repair 10 boiler houses and lay new heating networks.

An extensive work is underway to centrally provide the population with potable water. This year, 527 facilities and almost 7 thousand kilometers of water pipelines have been built. At the beginning of the year, the level of provision of the population with potable water was 70%, and by the end of the year it is planned to increase this figure to 74%.

In the context of settlements, 3800 makhallas out of 9309 are fully covered by the centralized potable water supply, almost 4 thousand - partially. The measures are being undertaken to bring water to remote villages and lay networks. In particular, in 2023, it is planned to put into operation 62 facilities under the Investment Program and 373 facilities under the «Obod Qishloq» (“Flourishing Village”) and «Obod Makhalla» (“Flourishing Local Neighborhood Community Area”) programs.

As a result, the potable water supply of more than 3 million residents in 403 makhallas will improve, 181 makhallas will be connected to the networks for the first time.

In addition, through the social order of the state, the projects are being implemented to provide potable water to the makhallas located far from the district center. Next year, 251 kilometers of pipelines are planned to be laid to 17 such villages.

The President emphasized the importance of these works for the quality of life and health of the population and gave additional instructions.