Subway to be launched in Almaty

ALMATY.  July 30. KAZINFORM On July 29, additional fund of USD 93.3 million has been allocated for construction of the first line of the underground in Almaty in the second half of 2009.

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Akim of Almaty, Ahmetzhan Esimov, reviewed construction of subway. The contractor is JSC Almatymetrokurylys.

According to the government development program of Almaty for 2003 - 2010, the subway is a strategically important object, which is scheduled to be launched in 2010,  Kazinform refers to the press service of the Kazakh Embassy in  New Delhi.