President of Azerbaijan visits Aghdara region

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev visited the Aghdara district yesterday to review the reconstruction and development works undertaken there.

Special Representative of the President in the city of Khankendi and the Aghdara and Khojaly districts Elchin Yusubov provided the head of state with a detailed briefing on the progress of reconstruction in the village of Chapar.

Currently, there are 104 private houses in Chapar. Of these, 41 were deemed beyond repair, while 63 were found partially usable. To date, 40 houses have been fully commissioned, with an additional 23 scheduled for restoration by the end of the year. In the initial phase of the "Great Return" program, 26 families (96 people) have already resettled in the village.

It was noted that three existing transformers and associated power lines have been rehabilitated, new electricity, natural gas, and telecommunications lines have been installed, a modern water supply network has been created, water reservoirs have been restored, and approximately 6 kilometers of internal village roads have been fully rebuilt. A newly landscaped park will soon be made available for residents' use.

Later, Ilham Aliyev attended the opening of the “Gozlukorpu” Hydroelectric Power Plant, located in the village of Gozlukorpu.

The “Gozlukorpu” Hydroelectric Power Plant, built on the Tartarchay - the largest water artery of the region - has a capacity of 14.7 MW. On average, the station is expected to produce 43 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually.

The President of Azerbaijan also visited Heyvali village, Childiran village and Ashaghi Oratagh village in the Aghdara district and familiarized himself with the reconstruction and development work carried out there.

In addition, Ilham Aliyev inspected the 'Damirli' Ore Processing Complex, located in the village of Janyataq.