Azernews.Az

By Nigar Orujova

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev visited a number of facilities in Sumgayit, country's third largest city, on January 13.

The president laid flowers at a statue of national leader Heydar Aliyev in the city center.

Eldar Azizov, Head of Sumgayit City Executive Authority informed the head of state about the ongoing landscaping and construction works around the statue of the national leader.

President Aliyev also reviewed the ongoing reconstruction works in the city culture and recreation park and was informed about the landscaping and construction work in the park. The extensive landscaping work was carried out in the 10-hectare area near the Alley of Honors. A 10-meter high “20 Yanvar” statue was erected here. A monument has already been erected to the victims of the Khojaly genocide in the park.

The greenery was laid out in the park of 80 hectares, which stretches from Samad Vurgun Street to the Caspian Sea shore.

The city culture and recreation park was included in the list of the country’s important historical and cultural monuments in 2011 based on a decision by the Cabinet of Ministers.

President Aliyev also reviewed the conditions in the newly built Green Theatre in the park. The 350-seat theatre covers a total area of 1,000 square meters.

As part of the visit, the president opened the “Alyans Tekstil” sewing factory in Sumgayit.

Shahin Mustafayev, Economy and Industry Minister said that the factory, which was constructed under the state programs on socio-economic development of regions, occupies an area of 2.4 hectares.

The total cost of the factory amounts to 6.1 million manats. A one-million-manat preferential loan was allocated for the construction of the facility by the National Fund for Entrepreneurship Support.

President Aliyev was also informed about the preferential loans, which were allocated to the city.

The Alyans Tekstil factory consists of two main production and four subsidiary areas.

The head of state watched the production process in the factory, which was supplied with the state-of-the-art equipment made by the world’s leading companies. The factory is capable of producing 100,000 sets of uniforms per year.

The head of state viewed the samples of products. The factory employs nearly 200 workers. All appropriate conditions have already been created here for the workers.

President Aliyev also met the staff of the factory. The head of state then attended the opening of the Youth House in Sumgayit. Azad Rahimov, Youth and Sports Minister briefed the president about the conditions created here.

The building occupies an area of 246 square meters. The 3-storey building has a jazz club, a cafe bar, an art studio, an internet club, business and legal consulting centers, a patriotic club, “Hot line” for youth, a video studio, a “round table” hall, a table games room and a 110-seat auditorium.

There is a 50-seat restaurant in the terrace of the building. All rooms are supplied with necessary equipment.

The head of state also viewed the layouts of the Olympic Movement Museum and the Olympic Complex, which is being constructed in Beylagan.

In the end of the visit, President Aliyev opened a concrete plant in Sumgayit.

Mustafayev told the head of state that the total cost of the facility was 17.6 million manats. The National Fund for Entrepreneurship Support allocated a 500,000 manats preferential loan for the creation of the facility.

The plant is the largest facility of its kind in the Eastern Europe in terms of the number and size of its equipment. It has seven production areas.

The plant will produce 10,000-12,000 meters of concrete pipes and 500,000 square meters of concrete surface per month.

The facility created nearly 200 jobs. There is also an office building, production control center, and a 150-seat canteen.