Tashkent, Feb. 19 -- President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, during his trip to the eastern Namangan region on February 19 gave instructions to allocate loans totaling $80.7mn for the development of entrepreneurship.

Some $60mn are to be raised from the Reconstruction and Development Fund towards the reconstruction of the heat supply system, improving infrastructure, and etc.

The region is expected to implement over 1,700 investment projects worth $2.2bn by the end of the next year. More than 66,000 jobs are to be created.

"The Namangan region is to receive such a huge amount of funds for the first time in thirty years. If we manage them correctly and effectively, the region will develop faster, and people will get jobs," said Mirz...