SIMFEROPOL, Mar 11The roadmap for the restoration of the North Crimean Canal has been formed, Oleg Kryuchkov, adviser to the head of the republic on information policy, said. Works on survey of the canal bed and preparation of hydraulic units continue, systemic water supply to the Crimea will take place after their completion. The canal enters the Crimea near Armyansk and ends in the east of the peninsula, a little short of the Kerch reservoir.10:43In Crimea, they said that the organizer of the blockade of the peninsula fled to Turkey «There is an understanding of the restoration of the North Crimean Canal. A kind of roadmap has been formed to carry out all the necessary work to put it into operation,» Kryuchkov told RIA Novosti. According to him, work on the inspection of the canal bed and its hydraulic structures continues. «Water will be supplied to the Crimea after the completion of all work,» Kryuchkov emphasized. At the same time, the exact dates have not yet been named. Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said that the withdrawal of Russian troops to Kherson made it possible to unblock the North Crimean Canal. The military department emphasized that their specialists had already begun work on cleaning the channel and restoring the infrastructure of the canal's hydraulic structures. Ukraine provided up to 85% of Crimea's needs for fresh water through the North Crimean Canal coming from the Dnieper. However, after the reunification of Crimea with Russia, the supply of water through the canal to the republic was completely stopped unilaterally. According to the estimates of the working group, the preliminary amount of damage caused by the water blockade is 1.47 trillion rubles. and LNRV Crimea confirmed the technical restoration of the railway to Kherson
