Construction minister Sherzod Khidoyatov told parliament that 4,973 lifts have exceeded their service life, while a presidential decree orders nearly 5,000 units repaired or replaced by 2030 and a new digital platform now gates occupancy certificates on lift compliance.
The Asian Development Bank’s outstanding loans to Karakalpakstan exceed $760 million — a fifth of its entire Uzbekistan portfolio — financing water treatment plants, road reconstruction and a 200-megawatt wind farm in one of Central Asia’s most climate-stressed regions.
The ADB’s representative in Uzbekistan says the bank will prioritise semiconductor manufacturing and special economic zones over traditional infrastructure, aiming to help the doubly landlocked country offset steep export transport costs.
Turkish energy company Aksa Enerji plans to sign agreements within a week to manage electricity distribution networks in Tashkent, Jizzakh and Syrdarya regions, extending a model already in place in Samarkand under a 30-year public-private partnership.
A Saudi-led international consortium has signed a 35-year public-private partnership to build a new Tashkent airport by 2030, with a $2.5 billion first phase designed to replace a city-centre facility already approaching its capacity limit.
