The Czech Prime Minister announced an urgent meeting to find measures against drought

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis announced an urgent government meeting with the participation of experts and agricultural workers to develop measures to combat extreme drought.

The drought has caused the Gusinec Reservoir in the south of the Czech Republic to dry up completely for the first time in history.

Opposition politicians say the government is late in taking adequate measures against the drought.

PRAGUE, October 7 - RIA Novosti. Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis announced an urgent government meeting with the participation of experts and agricultural workers in connection with the drought and to develop the necessary measures to combat it, Czech Radio reported.

“The Prime Minister urgently convenes government members, experts and senior agricultural officials on Monday to develop measures to combat the extreme drought that has engulfed the country this year. The last straw for this decision, apparently, was the situation with the Gusinets reservoir in the south of the republic, which for the first time in history completely dried up,” the message says.

All three summer months in the Czech Republic there was abnormal heat, the thermometer repeatedly exceeded the mark of plus 40 degrees Celsius. The water level in such large rivers as the Labe (Elbe) and the Vltava fell by several meters, reaching a critical level for the passage of ships. Agricultural workers are reporting major crop losses in fields and orchards due to drought.