Azerbaijan, Baku, May 16 / Trend N. Ismayilova /
The state socioeconomic development program in Baku and its settlements in 2011-2013 provides for rebuilding the Absheron main channel, Economic Development Minister Shahin Mustafayev said in an interview with the AzTV state TV channel. The program was approved by a decree by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on May 4.
"Today, the state of the channel is unsatisfactory," he said. "It needs repairing. Water stations are also required."
The minister said the program provides for water utility repairs and constructing main water lines between economic entities.
"The irrigation system, covering an area of 27,000 hectares, will be created and improved," he said. "Creating the infrastructure will promote the development of entrepeneurship, especially in the settlements of Baku, where greenhouses are built and agriculture
develops."
