First turbine inaugurated in presence of Ahmadinejad

The first turbine of Sangtoudeh II Power Plant was inaugurated here on Monday in the presence of visiting Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Tajik counterpart Imomali Rakhmon. Construction of the Sangtoudeh II power plant began in 2006 with the help of the Iranian Sangab company. The Iranian side has made 180-million-dollar investment in that project while the Tajik share is 40 million dollars. During the ceremony, the Tajik president said that inauguration of the project would be the greatest gift of the Iranian nation to the Tajik people. When operational, the porject will help increase the production capacity of water electricity of the country by 1,000 GWh per annum. Iran’s President, heading a high-ranking delegation, arrived in Dushanbe Sunday afternoon, to inaugurate the Sangtoudeh II project, attend a press briefing and review issues of mutual interest with his Tajik counterpart.