President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has attended a ceremony to start drinking water supply to the country`s Shamkir District.
The Head of State first met members of the district’s general public.
The President then viewed a stand with the layout of “Reconstruction of water supply and sanitation system in the city of Shamkir” project.
Chairman of Azersu Gorkhmaz Huseynov told the President that water supply system in the city was built in 1960. According to him, the reconstructed system will serve 47,000 people. The project included construction of four 7,000 cubic meter water reservoirs.
The President viewed a model of Shamkir water purification system.
The President was also informed that a 115km stretch of the 203km-long sanitation system of the city has already been reconstructed.

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