Work on deposits located in the water protection zone of large rivers and lakes of the Turkestan region and close to villages and settlements is being suspended. To date, the contracts of 10 subsoil users who have not fulfilled their obligations have been terminated ahead of schedule, while the work of 16 deposits has been suspended within the framework of the law between 2023 and 2024. In addition, a commission was established with the competent authorities to return the lands of 14 deposits suspended by the Ministry of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan between 2020 and 2024 to the state.
A proposal to terminate the contracts of 38 subsoil users who have not fully fulfilled their obligations has been sent to the Regional Specialized Environmental Protection Prosecutor's Office for prosecutorial review. If the prosecutor's office agrees, the aforementioned contracts and licenses will be terminated.
The fight against those who use quarries illegally or without observing the rules in the Turkestan region will be intensified even more. This issue was discussed at the weekly meeting of the regional akim's office. Akim of the Turkestan region Nuralkhan Kusherov instructed to intensify the fight against companies that harm nature within the framework of the law.
- In order to identify illegal users of subsoil, a working group was created with the participation of representatives of the competent authorities responsible for this area. They are conducting monitoring work. However, when it comes to making specific decisions, the responsible institutions are not fully fulfilling their duties. Therefore, each institution must clearly and qualitatively fulfill its assigned tasks, and specific and decisive decisions must be taken against illegal subsoil users. Nature must not be harmed. I instruct to conduct regular raids on quarries. Legal requirements must be observed. Strengthen the work of mobile teams, - said Nuralkhan Kusherov.
At the meeting, the head of the Regional Department of Entrepreneurship and Industry Nurzhigit Myrzakhmetov and the deputy head of the Turkestan region police department Kurmanbek Sakhov reported on the work done to eliminate shortcomings in relation to quarries.
During the monitoring of the work of subsoil users, shortcomings were identified in 65 fields, and the Department of Ecology calculated the damage caused. As a result, 20 subsoil users voluntarily paid 24.2 million tenge in damages to the regional budget. Also, a lawsuit was filed against 4 subsoil users for the recovery of 37.6 million tenge in connection with the excavation of the depth of the contracted area exceeding the limit. The remaining 41 subsoil users were given appropriate recommendations to the competent authorities for excavation outside the contracted area. In 2024, a total of 495 raids were organized by district and city akimats and the police, 246 heavy trucks and 47 special equipment were impounded, and 31.1 million tenge were fined. Work to prevent illegal subsoil use will continue.
It should be noted that today, there are 193 subsoil users in our region that produce widespread minerals. They operate on the basis of 80 contracts and 113 licenses.
Press service of the akim of the Turkestan region

Source : https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/ontustik/press/news/details/929867