"We have devised a program for purification of the oil-polluted lands, and set up an emergency ecological department. We declared 2007 a year of ecology in SOCAR," he said.

He said that they will remove people who bought lands in the territory of the Company, APA reports.

"All houses illegally built near oil mines and wells will be demolished. No damages will be paid. They built these houses illegally and they have no legal documents," he underscored.