New Tashkent: Uzbekistan’s Urban Transformation

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00:00Building a city of the future, easing pressure on the capital, Uzbekistan's urban development

00:09strategy is entering a bold new phase. Hello and welcome to Business Live in Uzbekistan.

00:16The country plans to increase the level of urbanization, which is the role of cities

00:21in development, to 60% by 2030. Today, the population living and working in Tashkent

00:28is 5 million. Therefore, there is a need to construct more than 20,000 apartment buildings,

00:34over 40 schools, kindergartens and polyclinics every year. Given the current pace of urbanization,

00:41the population is expected to continue increasing in the coming years. To this end, as part of the

00:47master plan for the city of Tashkent until 2045, the construction of New Tashkent has begun.

00:54According to the plan, New Tashkent will include about 2 million people and it's planned to create

01:00200,000 high-income jobs based on innovative technology in the city. Let's find the details.

01:08The project, proposed by British architectural company Crossworks, has started east of the city,

01:14between the Chirchuk and Karasu rivers. It's designed for an area of 20,000 hectares. In the first phase,

01:22construction work is already underway on an area of 6,000 hectares.

01:27The destination aims to enhance the quality of life through innovative and inclusive urban development,

01:44while elevating pressure on the capital's infrastructure.

01:47The new Tashkent will introduce green corridors and a mixed urban layout inspired by advanced world

02:09experience. We're building artificial canals, parks, green zones, alleys that will be interconnected

02:17along the water bodies, but also throughout the city, so that we can create a microclimate for the city.

02:23Now, for the buildings themselves, we have strict requirements on energy efficiency,

02:29water efficiency, rainwater collection and reuse.

02:32Arcon is a Turkish company focusing on sustainable and integrated transportation system in New Tashkent.

02:40Their work aims to ensure seamless connectivity and support the long-term mobility needs of the

02:46city's growing population. Metro line which connects New Tashkent City and current Tashkent City is

02:53approximately 21 kilometers and also inside the city we have tramlines. We are designing under car parking

03:00areas. People can give their cars to this car parking area and they can integrate to public transportation directly.

03:09The New Tashkent project is a blueprint of how a 21st century city should work.

03:15Now let's talk with Humayuddin Abrahmatev, Head of Department of the New Tashkent Directorate.

03:21Experts predict that investments in real estate, construction and services in New Tashkent could make a

03:27significant contribution to Uzbekistan's GDP over the next two decades. Mr. Abrahmatev,

03:34can you tell us about the process of attracting investors to the project, please?

03:39Good afternoon.

03:40How are you?

03:41Good afternoon.

03:42Good afternoon.

03:43Good afternoon.

03:44Good afternoon.

03:45The New Tashkent, today's country is the world's most common sense of wealth,

03:48the most common sense of wealth and most common sense of wealth.

03:51The first of our business is about 40 billion dollars.

03:54We have received the amount of wealth.

03:55The investment through the government, the government, the current government, the US government,

04:01the least of the number of wealth, the businesses, the businesses, the government, the businesses,

04:05The New Toshkent law has been given to the farmers.

04:10The 100% of the companies, companies, investors, banks and banks have been involved in this.

04:18In 2025, the New Toshkent festival has been involved in the New Toshkent law.

04:27Today, investors have been given to the public interest rate of $800 million.

04:34They have been given to the public interest rate of $600 million.

04:44Thank you for joining us.

04:45Well, that's all we have for this edition.

04:47You can get more business news at euronews.com.

04:50See you next time.

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