The Cabinet of Ministers approved the state order for the project «Assessment of water and energy resources of unexplored river basins of the Kyrgyz Republic in the context of climate change».
As stated in the order of the Cabinet of Ministers dated April 24, the order will be carried out by the Institute of Water Problems and Hydropower of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic in the period 2025 to 2030.
The Ministry of Finance has been instructed to ensure the timely allocation of financial resources for the implementation of the state order for research facilities in the Chu and Talas river basins within the limits of funds provided for the Institute for 2025 in the amount of 6 million 723 thousand 94 soms.
Every year, funds are allocated for the Institute of Water Problems and Hydropower to fulfill the order:
- in 2026, according to the objects of study of the Naryn River basin — 7 million 965 thousand soms.
- in 2027, according to the objects of study of the basins of the Issyk-Kul, Sary-Zhaz and Karkyra rivers — 7 million 736.5 thousand soms.
- in 2028, according to the objects of study of the basins of the Tarim, Chatyr-Kul and Amudarya rivers — 7 million 735 thousand soms.
- in 2029, according to the objects of study of the basins of the Syr Darya — northern frame of the Fergana Valley and Karadarya — 7 million 807 thousand soms.
- in 2030, according to the objects of study of the basins of the Syr Darya — southern frame of the Fergana Valley and the Amu Darya — 7 million 821.2 thousand soms.
The Cabinet of Ministers instructed the Ministry of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry, the Ministry of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision, and the Ministry of Energy to:
- take measures to use the results of the project «Assessment of water and energy resources of unexplored river basins of the Kyrgyz Republic in the context of climate change» to develop recommendations for the optimal operating mode of the cascade of Nizhne-Naryn hydroelectric power stations and Kambar-Ata hydroelectric power station-1 in the context of predicted climate changes.
