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More than 600 km of the underground canals were desilted and more than 10,000 vertical shafts have been repaired, Zhao said.
Total spending on the restoration has reached 45 million yuan (7.26 million U.S. dollars).
Traversing more than 5,000 kilometers, the karez wells are known as the "Great Underground Wall."
The karez well systems are composed of vertical shafts, subterranean and ground canals, and small reservoirs. The canals are supplied with water from the melted ice and snow in Xinjiang's Tianshan Mountains.
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"The paratroopers practicing a humanitarian search-and-rescue mission are riding dog sleighs heading to the North Pole," the Interfax news agency quoted the ministry as saying.
According to the ministry, the troops cover up to 80 km during a 10-hour march each day.
This is the first time ever for troops of Russia and the CSTO to conduct a humanitarian rescue drill in the near-polar region without employing any mechanical vehicles.
Russian airborne troops along with the units of the rapid response force of the CSTO landed on the Arctic Ocean