ANAMA demines territory for housing construction in liberated village

By Azernews

By Rashid Shirinov

Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action (ANAMA) has cleared a territory for construction of 50 houses in the liberated Jojug Marjanli village of Azerbaijan’s Jabrayil region.

The chief specialist for ANAMA operations, Adil Aslanov, told Trend that the Agency has completely cleared the area, and construction companies have already carried out works on laying the foundation and began construction.

Aslanov added that ANAMA has already begun work in the territory where 150 houses are planned to be built in Jojug Marjanli.

“At the same time, work is carried out on the cultivated lands around the village,” Aslanov said.

Jojug Marjanli village was fully liberated from the Armenian occupation in April 2016, when Azerbaijani Armed Forces prevented an Armenian provocation on the contact line. To protect civilian population, the Azerbaijani army launched counter attacks and as a result, the Azerbaijani troops retook hills around the village of Talish, as well as Seysulan settlement, and also took over Leletepe hill located in the direction of Fizuli region.

In late January, President Ilham Aliyev ordered to restore Jojug Marjanli. Under the order, 4 million manats were allocated for the construction of 50 private houses, a school building and relevant infrastructure at the first stage.

Moreover, President Aliyev signed an order on additional measures to construct the road leading to the liberated Jojug Marjanli village and allocated 4.3 million manats from the state budget for the construction of 9 km long highway in the village.