Increase of the tariff for cold water will not cover its cost. Taalaibek Orozov, head of Bishkekvodokanal, said at a meeting of the permanent commission of the Bishkek City Council on housing and communal services, fuel and energy complex, transport, communications and ecology.
According to him, the cost of a cubic meter of water is at the level of 12.9 soms.
«Inflation rate is high. We are dependent on imports, we do not produce any pipes, fuels and lubricants, building materials, valves, all this is imported,» Taalaibek Orozov said.
The last time the cold water rate was raised was in November 2019. Then it was increased 1.5 times: from 5.38 to 8.1 soms per cubic meter, and was almost doubled for sewerage — from 1.2 soms to 2.3. Now it is proposed to increase it to 10.45 soms per cubic meter of water and up to 3.45 soms per cubic meter of wastewater.
