On September 7, 3 hydroelectric units of the Kayrakkum HPP have been launched in Guliston after reconstruction. The launch ceremony was attended by the President Emomali Rahmon, who was in the north of the republic on a working visit.

The hydroelectric power plant consists of 6 hydroelectric units, the last unit with a design capacity of 21 MW was put into operation in 1957. Over the 68 years of operation, the hydroelectric unit and other main equipment of the station have become outdated, its production capacity has decreased by 12 MW.

Since 2019, reconstruction work has begun at the facility, for more than 5 years, hydraulic units No. 4, 5 and 6 have been completely reconstructed, the capacity of each of them has been increased from 19 MW to 29 MW.

As part of the reconstruction project, part of the equipment of the engine room, turbine control apparatus, transformers, stimulating systems, water pressure apparatus, control system of hydraulic units, 6 transformers with a capacity of 40 MW, etc. were replaced.

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Also, as part of the project, the dam of the station was strengthened, work on the analysis of old equipment at unit No. 2 was completed and 5 lifting cranes were reconstructed.

Currently, work is underway to collect parts of hydraulic unit No. 3, repair the bridge above the upper level of the station, the sewage part and work on the reconstruction of other parts of the engine room.

In general, after the full commissioning of other units, which is planned until 2026, the average annual electricity production at the Kairakkum HPP will be increased from 580 million kWh to 850 million kWh.

Also on September 7, a new building of the Health Center was commissioned in the village of Syrdarya in Guliston.

The construction of the Center began in April 2024, and the cost amounted to 2.5 million somoni. It has offices for a dentist, ultrasound, family medicine, the khatna rite, women's diseases, etc.

The new Health Center is designed to serve 862 farms and 3724 residents of the village of Syrdarya.

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Then, in the industrial zone of Guliston, an enterprise LLC “Abdulloev Saidboy” for the production of electric cables and hoses was opened, which was built by a local entrepreneur Saidboy Abdulloev on an area of more than 1 hectare.

It has two workshops: the capacity of the electric cable production workshop is 300 thousand linear meters per month. This enterprise produces up to 30 types of electric cables with a capacity from 450 volts to 1 kilovolt. These cables are intended for laying internal power lines of residential and administrative buildings.

Another workshop is capable of producing 60 thousand meters of rubber and corrugated hoses per month. It produces 7 types of rubber hoses with a diameter of 10 to 40 millimeters and 5 types of corrugated hoses with a diameter of 16 to 40 millimeters.

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Also, the “Tajik Metallurgical Enterprise” was opened in Guliston, created on the basis of mutually beneficial cooperation between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The company produces rods and fittings, the production capacity per year is 30 thousand tons of products.

Here, the president was presented with a project for the construction of the second stage of the enterprise, which will be completed in 2025.

With the launch of stage 2, other types of metal products will also be produced at the enterprise, and the production capacity will be increased to 50 thousand tons of products per year.

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Another facility that was opened in Guliston was LLC “Dorui Sughd” (“Sughd medicine”).

Medicinal materials at the enterprise are produced using domestic fruits, vegetables, medicinal herbs and partly due to the import of raw materials.

It produces 30 types of products, including capsules and medicines of various shapes and volumes, granules for suspensions, syrups, solutions for external use, therapeutic and decorative ointments, and other import-substituting medicines. According to the plan, production will be increased to 60 items per year.

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The production capacity of the enterprise per year is 30 million packages of medicines, 1 million packages of suspensions, 500 thousand packages of solutions for external use and 1.5 million packages of medicinal ointments.

LLC “Dorui Sughd” has a laboratory with modern devices and equipment.