#Protests against #water cuts continue in #Dagestan

About 200 residents of Dagestan blocked the Astrakhan-Makhachkala federal highway in the #Kumtorkalinsky district of the republic. The #demonstrators demanded to take action in connection with the long absence of water in their homes. The section on the 470th kilometer of the road turned out to be blocked, the #protesters took to the road around 20:00.

“During the blocking of the road, a conflict arose between people demanding water supply to their homes, and drivers, outraged by the #fact of blocking the road and stopping traffic,” the police said. #Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs intervened in the conflict, to the so-called. More than 50 police officers were involved in "enforcing order". An hour and a half later, by 21:36, traffic was restored in the blocked area.

A traffic jam formed at the scene of the incident, 30 police officers began to regulate traffic to eliminate it. “In the course of communication with #citizens, the conflict was extinguished. At present, the citizens have dispersed, the situation is under control,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs noted.

In this microdistrict, the supply of water and electricity has been turned off for a week, writes the telegram channel Mash Gor.

In the middle of last week, residents of Makhachkala blocked one of the central streets of the city due to power outages. The population of several cities and regions of the republic was left without electricity due to the heat that is in the region. The Dagestan authorities attributed the interruptions to the established abnormally hot weather (up to 43 degrees Celsius) and promised to suppress the protests.

As usual, the authorities blame everything... the population itself. "The current situation is primarily due to the chaotic high-rise buildings, the uncalculated capacity of energy facilities and illegal connections to the power grid," the prosecutor's office says. Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov instructed to deal with the situation in the republic. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the article on negligence (part 1 of article 293 of the Criminal Code) due to "long" and "systematic" blackouts

From #KRAS, #Russian section of the #IWA.

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