OREANDA-NEWS. January 21, 2013. In our country, a large-scale work is being carried out on the land-reclamation and irrigation system. Much attention is paid to the modernization and reconstruction of existing pumping stations.

In Bukhara, irrigation of planted area is carried out mainly through the hydraulic work of inter-regional management on the operation of the Amu-Bukhara machinery channel and energy management and communications of pumping stations at management of the basin irrigation systems "Amu – Bukhara".

In recent years, a number of projects are being implemented aimed at the reconstruction of these pumping stations and facilitate their effective and smooth operation. In it, foreign investments are also used actively along with the public funds. It can be seen in the project on reconstruction of the pumping station of "Qorakul".

This hydraulic work receiving water from the machine canal "Amu – Qorakul" plays a big role in increasing crop yields. But, it was not working at full capacity, which led to some problems in the water supply in summer, during the growing season.

Taking into account the importance of the pumping station, which provides with water more than 30,000 hectares of land in Qorakul and Olot districts, resolution on measures to ensure the effective use of grants of China for the project "Reconstruction of the pumping station of "Qorakul" was accepted on 6 July 2011 by the President of our country.

The creative work, in which spent 2.3 billion soums, made by the 4th specialized mechanical column at the state association of "O‘rta Osiyo maxsus montaj".

In connection with the successful completion of the project "Reconstruction of the pumping station of "Qorakul" was held a solemn event. Representatives from the regional authorities, responsible organizations, as well as the Chinese partners took part in it.

The event participants spoke about the importance of the project for the development of agriculture of the region realized as a result of technical and economic cooperation between Uzbekistan and China.

According to the contract concluded with a Chinese company "Zhong Yuan China IPPR International Engineering Corp" in the framework of cooperation between Uzbekistan and China, it had delivered units, equipment and spare parts worth 7.3 million USD. Installation of the equipment used for the reconstruction, actively done by the specialists of the company.

As noted the head of the regional department of Energy and Communications of pumping stations Sh.Ashurov, as a result of work on the reconstruction of the water supply increased power and reached to 45 cubic meters per second. Energy efficiency of units also has been raised.

"Today, the pumping station is equipped with modern automated systems," says the specialist Ne’mat Sobirov. "From the control room, we can coordinate the work of aggregates, monitor the technological process of the three-storey building through surveillance cameras. It helps to ensure uninterrupted operation of the structure."