15:26, 08 декабря 2022, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Jazgul MASALIEVA
Deputy Dastan Bekeshev asked the head of the Cabinet of Ministers about the program of the executive branch to improve the ecology in the capital at a meeting of the Parliament.
«It is quite a serious problem associated with the winter heating season. But we have adopted the program,» Akylbek Japarov replied.
The deputy noted that the programs of the Cabinet of Ministers to improve the ecology are not financially supported. «At the same time, the Cabinet of Ministers is buying electric cars for 450 million soms,» he added.
The head of the Cabinet said that by buying electric cars, they set an example for the people.
«We are gradually switching to an environmentally friendly kind of transport. We will gradually move, plant trees, we are engaged in waste processing. Everything goes gradually. We set an example for business and people,» he said.
The issue of purchase of electric vehicles for 450 million soms was discussed at a meeting of the parliamentary committee on budget, economic and fiscal policy. Then the first deputy chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers, Adylbek Kasymaliev, said that all ministries would be provided with electric vehicles. This year it is planned to buy such vehicles for 45 million soms, in 2023 — for 405 million soms.