Azerbaijan, Türkiye ink deal to build Zabukhchay reservoir in East Zangazur PHOTO

Azerbaijan Amelioration and Water Management company has signed contracts with the local company North West Construction and Turkish company Cengiz İnşaat Senaye və Ticaret over the planning and construction of the Zabukhchay reservoir and the main pipeline.

The statement came from the amelioration company’s spokesman Dilgam Sharifov, Caliber.Az reports.

The signing ceremony was attended by Zaur Mikayilov, Chairman of Azerbaijan Amelioration and Water Management Rafig Aslanov, deputy chairman, and the company’s other representatives.

For the implementation of this project, 12,100 hectares of sown areas in the Gubadli and Zangilan regions will be provided with water for irrigation. The reservoir itself will be built on the Zabukhchay River in the Lachin region. Its total capacity will be 26.7 million cubic metres of water, the first water from it will come in October 2023, and the reservoir will be fully operational in 2024.