Nazarbayev: Development of Astana will be in my private focus
16:39, 22 April 2013
ASTANA. April 22. KAZINFORM "A special attention of the country and of me personally will be paid to further development of Astana city," President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev announced at today's meeting in the Palace of Independence.
The Head of State stressed that the young capital develops dynamically and has become stronger and more beautiful. Since independence, total output volume has increased 13 times and investments have grown 32fold.
In total, 11.5 mln of square meters of housing has been built. Budget revenues have increased 20 times in comparison with 1998. The number of kindergartens has tripled, the number of schools increased from 44 to 82. Today 25 educational institutions are being built. The average age of the capital's residents reaches 73 years.
Nursultan Nazarbayev also emphasized that work on the development of Astana will go on according to the adopted strategy.