Azerbaijani President: ‘The Shirvan canal will be our largest project in terms of water volume and coverage of farmland’

“The Shirvan canal will be our largest project in terms of water volume and coverage of farmland,” said the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, as he addressed a groundbreaking ceremony for the reconstruction of the Shirvan irrigation canal in the Hajigabul district, Report informs via AZERTAC.

“By implementing this project, we are breathing a new life into this sector,” the head of state pointed out.

“We should start the construction of the Karabakh canal next year. This is a canal that will cover 115,000 hectares. The number of districts it will cover is equal to nine. In other words, 10 districts will be irrigated here through the Shirvan canal and nine more will be irrigated through the Karabakh canal,” President Ilham Aliyev added.