Large-scale reforms are being implemented in Qashqadaryo Region, too, as in all the other regions of the country. Improvement work and modernization projects have been carried out in its towns and villages. New enterprises, educational and medical establishments, gardens and avenues and wide and smooth roads are being built. 

President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev is inspecting new facilities being built and projects of construction of production enterprises in Qashqadaryo Region in the course of today’s visit to that region. These projects will serve to raise the prosperity of the population. 

The Head of state looked at new projects for the development of Karshi District’s light industry. 

The fist project to be looked at is a programme for the establishment of modern light industry enterprises in the region in 2017-2019 and for the modernization of existing light industry enterprises there. This programme envisages the establishment of 17 enterprises. 

Under the programme that is being worked out, nearly 3000 new jobs are to be created by the Ozbekyengilsanoat joint-stock company in cooperation with a number of commercial banks. Today there are 7 textile factories working in the region. Their capacity can process 10 per cent of the cotton fibre produced in Qashqadaryo Region. 

President Shavkat Mirziyoyev inspected the LT Textile International Uzbek-Chinese-Dutch joint project and said that Qashqadaryo Region is one of the country’s largest cotton fibre producing regions and that it is necessary to effectively use this potential and process cotton fibre. 

This joint venture will make it possible to process locally-prodeced cotton fibre in the region itself and to raise the local population’s real incomes. 

This enterprise will be producing 22 thousand tonnes of blended yarn and 50 million square metres of fabric a year, and 80 per cent of its products will be for export. 

Right there, the President examined an additional investment project of the Universal Taraqqiyot Tesktil joint venture being formed from the former enterprise Yakkabogh Teks in Yakkabogh District. 

The creation of 400 jobs is envisaged at the enterprise which specializes in processing cotton fibre into textile products. When this enterprise starts working at full capacity it will produce 6 million square metres of fabric and 2 million sets of bed linen a year. 

Today modern energy-saving technologies are being introduced into many production facilities. The Wood Decor Production joint venture being formed from Karshi town’s former cotton gin plant is also being equipped with such technologies. 

At this enterprise, where highly efficient tools made by well-known companies are being installed, competitive products on the world market ranging from high quality yarn to manufactured goods will be produced. 

The President gave officials instructions to raise the project’s effectiveness. 

In this country, special attention is paid to processing raw cotton and silk and to attracting foreign investment to expand the production and assortment of manufactured goods for which there is demand on external markets. 

While inspecting an investment project envisaging the production of fabrics at Guzar District’s former cotton processing enterprise, the Head of state concentrated attention on the creation of new jobs. 

Today people require specific jobs. The satisfaction of this requirement very much depends on enterprises. That project makes it possible to provided jobs for 600 people. 

Taking into account the optimization of areas sown with cotton and the seasonal nature of this work, Uzpakhtasanoateksport is implementing new investment projects in vacant areas of oil and butter factories in Qashqadaryo Region for the purpose of ensuring workers’ employment and additional income. One of them is a workshop being created in Koson District to dry fruits and vegetables. 

At the enterprise where more than 100 jobs will be created it will be possible to process 10 thousand tonnes of fruits and vegetables. A cold storage facility for 500 tonnes of agricultural products is being built in Karshi District. 10 jobs will be created there. The storage facility will be put into use this year.