Baku is getting younger every day

While receiving the newly appointed chairman of the State Urban Planning and Architecture Committee, President Ilham Aliyev highly appreciated the works done in the city in recent times and said: "We carried out all the repair works with great skill, without damaging the historical appearance of the buildings. This is the first factor that makes Baku the most beautiful in the world. We have turned it into one of the cities and restored our historical monuments. The second factor is modern buildings. These are also architectural monuments. For example, the Heydar Aliyev Center was ranked among the 10 most beautiful buildings in the world in a report published by one of the most prestigious press organizations. In my opinion, it is the most beautiful building in the world. Not only in the Heydar Aliyev Center, we see the symbol of our modern Baku, our Azerbaijan. "Flame Towers", "Crystal Hall", Carpet Museum, office buildings - all these embody the modern architecture of Baku. Our main task - I set this task very seriously, - it was that we unite the past and modernity we have to do."

The head of state also emphasized that from now on, all construction works in the capital should be carried out according to the master plan. No building that does not conform to the master plan should be built in Baku. For this purpose, the State Urban Planning and Architecture Committee has been given great powers. Now, as before, nothing can be built anywhere without the consent of this committee. This authority was given to the committee by legislation. The President also ordered that all local executive bodies cannot give consent to construction without the opinion of the State Urban Planning and Architecture Committee.

During the reception, the President also stated that a lot of work has been done to change the face of Baku city in recent times. One of them is the improvement of the old residential area called "Sovetsky". Almost all the old, clumsy, ecologically negative buildings built inside each other were demolished. During this process, the interests of the citizens were also taken into account. monetary compensation was given.

Today, that area has been improved and has become one of the beautiful places for recreation of Baku residents.

The Central Park in the area is one of the most beautiful parks in the world today. The construction of the park makes it possible to clean the city's air, relax people, and make the city look aesthetically beautiful. Currently, this park is one of the favorite places of the residents of the capital, as well as tourists who come to Baku.

In his meeting with intellectuals, the head of state once again reminded the proposal made by the Union of Architects and instructed the chairman of the State Urban Planning and Architecture Committee to make relevant proposals for the formation of the central district of Baku together with the Union of Architects. For this, the committee and the Baku City Executive Authority and the Union of Architects should jointly prepare and submit a new proposal plan. The President stated that he would support these proposals. Because in this case, in the central region, special protection measures can be taken according to this region, and the attention to our architectural monuments can be even higher.

The President stated that he attaches special importance to the purification of the ecology of the capital. He noted that Baku was formed as an industrial city during Tsarist Russia and the Soviet era. Of course, the large-scale development of industry has had a very negative impact on the ecological situation of our city. The head of state said that a few years ago, large-scale reconstruction and improvement works were started in Baku in order to eliminate the negative situations that occurred during this period. Therefore, places and enterprises that greatly pollute Baku's ecology were canceled. In their place, modern public zones are created in accordance with urban planning rules. The goal is to turn Baku into a city of parks and gardens.

Speaking about the work done to improve the ecology of the city, the head of state noted the oil cleaning of Bibiheybat bay and its surroundings, the drying of the ponds here, the construction of a park zone, the creation of a sports town, including the Water Sports Palace, and other infrastructure. At the same time, he spoke about the improvement works done in the area, which went down in history as the Black City, and the park and modern buildings built here. Today, the Black city has entered history and has given its place to the White city. Thus, an area of ​​Baku that reached the level of ecological disaster has now become one of the most beautiful places of our capital.