Athletes of Kazakhstan oppose the construction of a hydroelectric power station on the Koksu River
Athletes of Kazakhstan oppose the construction of a hydroelectric power station on the Koksu River. There, after a short break, construction work resumed.
The other day, representatives of the Rafting Federation of Kazakhstan visited Taldykorgan. According to them, they are outraged that new hydroelectric power stations will be built on the Koksu River.
— These hydroelectric power stations will ruin the fauna and flora there. As an athlete and president of the Rafting Federation, I consider these actions blasphemous. The builders promised us to create an artificial speed on the river, but why change what was created by nature? Our sport needs a natural natural landscape.
Currently, we have prepared more than 10 letters – from the prosecutor’s Office to the Ministry of Sports. Some small-minded people tell us: “Why your rafting?”They don’t understand that we glorify Kazakhstan, its nature and the uniqueness of the Koksu River,” says Konstantin O., President of the Rafting Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The world champion in rafting Almas Akelei is amazed at the greed of businessmen who want to benefit from nature, destroying its beauty and pristine nature.
— The construction of a hydroelectric power station on the Koksu River is an absurd project. I like to run in the mountains near Almaty. I see a lot of foreigners there. They say they come here because of our virgin nature. I participated in competitions in the Emirates. A mountain-type river was built there in the middle of the desert.
The Arabs spend a lot of money to create such a river, and nature created it for us, gave it to us, and we want to destroy it. This is done by greedy people for personal gain. And they want to make money on our nature. In a beautiful place, they will simply stick a piece of concrete into the bottom of the river and destroy everything around,” Almas Akelei is sure.
The deputy head of the NGO “Green Solidarity” Aidar Khadzhimuratov recently visited the Kerbulak district near the village of Rudnichny, where two small hydroelectric power stations ”Rudnichny-1“ and “Rudnichny-2” will be built. He says that construction work has resumed there again, which was temporarily suspended on the eve of the New Year, after the noise of local residents and civil society activists.
Aliya Akhmedieva (Ratel.kz )
