This year, a total of 1,105.19 hectares of the territory of the Kalbajar district is planned to be cleaned, Namig Hummatov, the first deputy chairman of the State Urban Planning and Architecture Committee, told journalists at the Urban Planning Working Group meeting held in Kalbajar, Report informs.
According to him, in 8 months of the current year, 653.46 ha (59.1%) of the territory of the district was cleared of mines.
Hummatov noted that in 2022, 983.71 ha of land in the residential areas was cleared of mines.
He added that following the presidential decree dated 18.03.2021 on urban development in the liberated territories, the Committee has ensured the allocation of 400 ha of land for 40 construction objects in the Kalbajar district to the relevant customer institutions.