On April 8, President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov made a working visit to Mary Velayat, where he participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for a new modern village. This project, being implemented in the Ymambaba gengeshlik of the Yolotan etrap, will be the next stage of large-scale transformations aimed at ensuring the prosperous lives of the country's rural population.
The new village is not just residential buildings, but a fully-fledged, autonomous urban environment in a rural area. The project is impressive in its scale: the development area is over 800 hectares, and the housing stock includes 4,500 comfortable homes, designed to accommodate over 22,500 people.
When developing the project, the Ministry of Construction and Architecture of Turkmenistan included the creation of a comprehensive social and life-support infrastructure. The new village will include administrative buildings, secondary schools and kindergartens equipped to modern standards, health centers, a community center and a mosque, as well as modern utility networks and communications.
Speaking at the ceremony, the Head of State emphasized that providing citizens with affordable and comfortable housing is an absolute priority of state policy. Construction of the new village in the Yolotan district is being carried out as part of the "National Program for Improving the Social and Living Conditions of the Population through 2028." This project will join the model villages of "Döwletli mekan," "Bagtly zamana," and "Bitaraplyk," which opened last year.
The President also noted that the development of the Mary velayat is not limited to housing construction. The region is demonstrating strong industrial growth, and in the coming days, another historically significant project will be launched—the fourth phase of development of the Galkynysh gas field.
The groundbreaking ceremony included a video presentation of the project and a commemorative capsule, which President Serdar Berdimuhamedov placed into the foundation of the future village. The head of state was the first to pour concrete for the foundation, blessing this great undertaking, followed by honorary elders. The celebration concluded with a traditional sadaqah.
