Investments in Kant town create jobs and improve infrastructure

Investors placed 8.13 billion soms into three major enterprises in Kant town between 2021 and 2026, creating 944 jobs.

The Presidential Administration reported that these funds went to the Kant Cement Plant, Steelex, and BekemBlock. Authorities also renovated six schools and seven kindergartens in the town while upgrading a park and building two public gardens. Construction continues on a 500-seat school and a new building for school No. 1 named after Zubkov.

Future plans for the area include a municipal market, a light industry zone, and a waste processing plant. In the nearby Issyk-Ata district, officials opened eight industrial enterprises in the first nine months of 2026. The region also saw an increase in agricultural productivity, as sugar beet yields rose from 405 centners per hectare in 2021 to between 700 and 750 centners per hectare in 2026.