Berdymukhamedov urged to extinguish the “gates of hell” in Turkmenistan
View this post on Instagram A post from This World (@thisworld2022) Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has called for extinguishing the Darvaza gas crater in the Karakum Desert, which is called the “gates of hell”. Speaking on state television, he noted that the burning crater “negatively affects both the environment and the health of people living nearby.” “We are losing valuable raw materials that we could export and use the funds received to improve the welfare of the people. In this regard, I instruct you to gather scientists, if necessary, to attract foreign specialists and find a way to extinguish this fire,” the President of Turkmenistan said. Berdymukhamedov already raised this issue in 2010. The Darvaza crater (the official name is “The Radiance of the Karakums”) was formed in 1971 near the settlement of Darvaza in the Turkmen SSR. Soviet geologists have discovered an accumulation of underground gas. As a result