Local officials declared a state of emergency in several districts of the Zhambyl region in southern Kazakhstan, which shares a border with Kyrgyzstan, on August 22 due to a lack of irrigation water and abnormally high temperatures. Around 80 percent of the irrigation water in southern Kazakhstan's Zhambyl region comes from Kyrgyzstan, where there has been a significant reduction in water flow this year. Kyrgyzstan stopped providing irrigation water to Kazakhstan in August as supplies in reservoirs dropped to as low as a tenth of their usual volume. To read the original story by RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service click here.
Kazakhstan Declares State Of Emergency In Southern Districts Over Lack Of Water
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