Members of the geographical expedition of the USSR Academy of Sciences, headed by the head of the expedition, Ph.D. Fateev, on the Takhia-Tash hill, are checking the place where the dam of the Takhia-Tash power plant will be built on the map. Members of a topographic expedition, led by engineer Akulin, are exploring the old bed of the Amu Darya River in the sands.