Groundbreaking ceremony for the Hakarichay Reservoir in Lachin

On July 11, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev laid the foundation stone for the Hakarichay Reservoir in Lachin.

A reservoir with a total storage capacity of 100 million cubic meters and a useful volume of 90 million cubic meters will be constructed on the Hakarichay River, which originates within the territory of Azerbaijan. The project also includes the construction of a 172-kilometer main pipeline with a discharge capacity of 8 cubic meters per second.

The infrastructure will have the capacity to supply high-quality drinking water at a rate of 2.5 cubic meters per second to approximately 700,000 residents of the Lachin, Gubadli, Zangilan, Jabrayil, Fuzuli, Khojavend, and Aghdam districts. The project also envisages the construction of three hydroelectric power plants with a total installed capacity of 10.81 MW along the main pipeline fed by the Hakarichay Reservoir.