Kazakhstan: Big Almaty Ring Road project results in resettlement, mass logging & threatens cultural heritage, claims local media
Summary
Date Reported: 15 May 2019
Location: Kazakhstan
Companies
Bakad Investment and Operations LLP - Client , Alsim Alarko Sanayi Tesisleri ve Ticaret A.S. - Client , Makyol Insaat Sanayi Turizm ve Ticaret A.S. - Client , SK Engineering and Construction - Client , Korea Expressway Corporation - Client , European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) - Sponsor , Bank of China - Sponsor , Dutch pension fund PGGM - Sponsor , Islamic Development Bank - Sponsor , Eurasian Development Bank - SponsorProjects
Astana Bypass Road Reconstruction Project (BAKAD) - SiteAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Public: ( Number unknown - Kazakhstan , Road-building , Gender not reported )Issues
Land Rights , Cultural Rights , Displacement , Social SecurityResponse
Response sought: Yes, by Business and Human Rights Resource Centre
Story containing response: (Find out more)
Source type: News outlet
"20,000 trees to be cut down near Almaty due to construction of BAKAD", 15 May 2019
...According to preliminary estimates, the construction of the BAKAD will cost 187 billion tenge. For the arrangement of the Big Almaty Ring Road, 724 plots worth 8 billion have already been vacated. According to Almaty.tv, the demolition of houses has already begun. Only two land plots remain, with the owners of which the authorities still continue the legal battle...
...Also, due to the construction of the BAKAD, workers will have to cut down 20,000 trees. In return, the contractors are obliged to plant 60,000 along the ring road. There are also about three hundred ancient burial mounds on the site of the future route, which are planned to be excavated and studied by archaeologists in the near future...