Ministry: Turkan, Hovsan, Shikh, Sahil and Sumgayit beaches are unusable

In connection with the opening of the beach season, employees of the Caspian Complex Environmental Monitoring Office of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources conducted monitoring in beaches jointly with the representatives of the Republican Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology, took samples from the sea water, microbiological examines were carried out, said the Chief of Caspian Complex Environmental Monitoring Office Arastun Hasanov.

According to him, the result of the examines revealed that harmful substances in the Turkan, Hovsan, Shikh, Sahil and Simgayit beaches are higher than norm: "Therefore, the citizens are not recommended to use these beaches. Bilgah, Mardakan, Nardaran, Novkhani, Pirshagi, Zagulba, Shuvalan and Buzovna beaches are usable.

"Currently, northern and southern zones of the Caspian Sea are also being monitored."