From the article: > "It's just how opium poppy is farmed now," Mr Brittan tells me. "They drill down 100m (325ft) or so to the ground water, put in an electric

From the article: > "It's just how opium poppy is farmed now," Mr Brittan tells me. "They drill down 100m (325ft) or so to the ground water, put in an electric pump and wire it up to a few panels and bingo, the water starts flowing." This suggests, to me, that the farmers dug the wells. But maybe they are a relic of soviet times? Point is, there is more to the story here w.r.t. existing capital, I think.