An emergency situation was declared in Baizak, Jambyl, Kordai, Merken, T. Ryskulov and Talas districts of Kazakhstan due to the lack of irrigation water in Jambyl region. Website of the administration of Jambyl region says.
The issue of allocation of funds from the emergency reserve of the Government of Kazakhstan to cover the losses of affected farmers is being considered.
It is expected that due to the lack of irrigation water and abnormally hot weather this year crop losses will be about 25-30 percent compared to last year.
About 80 percent of the water supplied to Jambyl region comes from Kyrgyzstan.
Meanwhile, the Director of the Kyrgyz Research Institute of Irrigation under the Ministry of Agriculture, Ulan Chortombaev, reported on social media that Kyrgyzstan does not supply water to the Republic of Kazakhstan because there is no water in the reservoirs.
In such a way the official of the relevant department reacted to information in the media that Kazakh border guards do not pass trucks through the border, allegedly, due to the fact that the Kyrgyz side does not supply water to the neighboring state.
