KZT15 billion will be allocated by the Samruk-Kazyna Group for flood control. The cost of air tickets is also fixed – it will not exceed KZT40 thousand during floods.

The Samruk-Kazyna Fund will allocate KZT15 billion to the regions affected by floods. The assistance was provided by the Corporate Center of the Fund, KazMunayGas, Kazatomprom, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, QazaqGaz, KEGOC, Kazakhtelecom, Air Astana, Samruk-Energy.

At the same time, the Fund’s employees also raise funds and purchase humanitarian aid, as well as participate in emergency rescue operations in the regions, help in the restoration of damaged infrastructure and residential buildings.

“A special reduced fare for air tickets has been introduced in the airlines of the Fund Group. This will enable more Kazakhstanis to leave the places where floods occur. For this purpose, 40 additional flights by Air Astana Group and 2 additional flights by Qazaq Air have also been organized”, - Nurlan Zhakupov, the Chairman of the Management Board of Samruk-Kazyna JSC, said.

It should be noted that the airlines did not increase the cost of fares, despite the increased demand, but on the contrary, introduced a special tariff from April 13 to 24 for direct flights from Atyrau. The cost of Air Astana and FlyArystan tickets is KZT40 thousand in economy class in one direction. In Qazaq Air, the ticket price will also not exceed the mark of KZT40 thousand in all areas where floods occur, until April 24.   

Since the beginning of the floods, Air Astana and FlyArystan have transported more than 60 tons of humanitarian cargo for free, which in monetary terms is equivalent to tens of millions of KZT.

In addition, the Fund provided the necessary equipment and people to fight the disaster. In total, more than 25 thousand people were mobilized in the Group, 865 units of equipment and 414 tons of fuel were allocated.

45 anti-explosion and 47 fire trains have been organized for rapid response to emergency situations. JSC NC KTZ allocates wagons for the rapid pulling of special equipment into flood zones from other regions of Kazakhstan.

At that, about 22 thousand people were transported by railway transport, of which 12 thousand were free of charge. It should be noted that the cost of railway tickets did not increase during floods and will remain at the same level.

Thus, the cost of tickets for trains between Uralsk — Kyzylorda and Atyrau-Almaty in compartment cars is KZT13,915, in the reserved seat - KZT9,216. The fare on the Atyrau-Astana train costs KZR18,114 for a compartment and KZT11,898 for a reserved seat.