Crimean Parliament Speaker Vladimir Konstantinov said that the water supply to the peninsula from the Dnieper will be restored. writes about this RIA News.
“The decision to rebuild the Kakhovka reservoir has been made, but it will be implemented based on the results of a special operation. <..> “We can pump Dnieper water into the canal,” he said.
The Northern Crimean Canal allows water from the Dnieper to flow into Crimean territory. The channel was blocked by Ukrainian authorities in 2014, but was unblocked in March 2022. After that, the head of Crimea was Sergei Aksenov statedThat the Northern Crimean Canal will solve the problem of water supply in Crimea forever.
The collapse of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power plant dam on June 6 led to the halt of the canal’s operation, despite the dismissal of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin on June 9. statedThat the demolition of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station will not affect Crimea’s water supply.
30 August Aksenov statedHe said that the Northern Crimean Canal will provide the water needs of the peninsula in any case.
According to the official, in the case of restoration of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric station or after pumping water from the water intake point on the Dnieper near Novaya Kakhovka to a distance of three kilometers, water supply to the canal will be carried out according to the previous scheme. to the channel itself.
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