Speaking with the Address to the people of Kazakhstan, the Head of State Kasym-Jomart Tokayev said that by 2040s water shortage in Kazakhstan may reach 12-15 billion cubic meters, Tengrinews.kz correspondent reports.

The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources has started cleaning the Astana reservoir after criticism from the President, Tengrinews.kz reports.

President Tokayev criticized the Ministry of Ecology during a meeting on the development of the capital, Tengrinews.kz correspondent reports.

At the meeting of the Council of Heads of States - founders of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea, President Kasym-Jomart Tokayev raised the problem of inefficient use of water and proposed his solutions, Tengrinews.kz reports with reference to the press service of Akorda.