On Thursday October 19, President Emomali Rahmon commissioned an additional two-story building at Secondary School No. 42 in the city of Kulob.

The Tajik president’s official website says additional educational facilities will accommodate 480 students in two shifts and have 10 spacious classrooms, including physics, biology, chemistry, information technology, teacher's room, preschool classroom and other auxiliary facilities, equipped with educational equipment and visual aids.

The school reportedly employs more than 30 teachers.

On the same day, Emomali Rahmon commissioned the Psychiatric and Narcological Hospital of Kulob region.

According to the Tajik president’s official website, the healthcare facility consists of 4 floors and a basement, and its land area is 5,658 square meters. The construction work was carried out by the specialists of "Faridoun" Limited Liability Company.

According to the project, both narcological and mental illnesses are treated in this hospital, which  has 40 beds, 8 departments, including female and male departments for alcoholic patients, narcology, forensic examination, assisted displacement treatment, adolescent narcology, intensive care and analysis department, all of which meet the requirements of the time.

The newly built hospital reportedly has 20 rooms with modern facilities, and it can serve 40 people at a time.