Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 17 October, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a meeting on monitoring the spending of funds allocated for mahalla infrastructure.

Recently, on 11 October, under the chairmanship of the head of state, a videoconference was held to address issues of concern to the population in mahallas, during which new measures aimed at ensuring the interests of our people were identified, which found a positive response from the public.

Thus, it was decided to allocate 2.7 trillion soums for the improvement of infrastructure in 5,584 mahallas during the last two months of this year. The volume of appropriations for the repair of internal roads will be increased by 2.2 times. About 1.3 trillion soums will be allocated for projects in 1.5 thousand mahallas within the framework of the Initiative Budget. Next year, it was decided to allocate 8 trillion soums to the projects of the Initiative Budget.

At today’s meeting, issues of effective use and control over these funds were discussed.

“Next year, we will switch to a new system for the formation and implementation of the Obod Mahalla, Obod Qishloq programs, road construction and other state investment programs,” the head of state said. - These programs and expenses will be directed only to projects for which the population itself has voted. And prosecutors must, through supervision, ensure the targeted use of each allocated sum.

At the meeting, the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Uzbekistan reported on the introduction of a new system for monitoring the implementation of state programs, measures to be taken to prevent theft and offenses, and a transparent construction system.

The President instructed to expand the participation of citizens in monitoring the progress of construction processes, to include the chairmen of mahallas in commissions for the acceptance of facilities.

It was decided that from 1 January 2023, foreign technical supervision specialists will be involved in construction projects worth more than 10 billion soums, and project documentation for state facilities will be developed on the basis of the “Construction Resources Classifier” platform. This platform will ensure a unified pricing principle for building materials.

The Anti-Corruption Agency has been tasked with ensuring the publicity of information about projects, contractors and construction.