The President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdymuhamedov instructed Deputy Prime Minister Annageldy Yazmiradov to study the possibilities of building desperations and supplying water from the Caspian Sea to the Ashgabat. This was reported by the Turkmen news agency Orient.
In addition, the head of the republic demanded that the channel of the Amu Darya, Karakum channel and other rivers for their condition and filling in order to eliminate the factors interfering, clean and concrete channels and watercourses. To this end, the president instructed to create an expanded government commission to solve water issues. The report on the progress of the work done will sound at every meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers.
Ashgabat is located about 800 km from the Caspian Sea. Lack of fresh water does not make it possible to introduce new lands into the agricultural circulation – only 11.5% of the territory of Turkmenistan is occupied by agricultural machines.