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They've been searching for a long time, but they can't find it. In Vladimir, they can't determine the source of the foul smoke blanketing the city.

People are taking photos and videos of the plume of acrid smoke billowing from the Tochmash plant in the evenings and at night, according to the Zebra website. Regulatory authorities have asked disgruntled Vladimir residents to identify the offender themselves, and then experts will determine whether the acrid smoke poses a health hazard.

In 2018 year Tochmash He tried to sell his vacant space, but nothing came of it. Now he rents out parts of his property to various entrepreneurs.

Residents of the houses along the streets Pochaevskaya, Mira and Severnaya Residents regularly complain about the inability to open their windows: from 18:00 PM until the early hours of the morning, someone is burning something on the Tochmash grounds. Residents have learned to distinguish the smells of burning plastic, paint, and other waste they are forced to breathe. One day, the smoke obscured the horizon so much that Vladimir residents called the fire department, but they were unable to help.

The regional Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology responded to the complaints:

"<…> If industrial emissions affect public health or living conditions, please contact the Vladimir Region Office of Rospotrebnadzor. You can file a complaint on the agency's official website. In your complaint, please specify the exact location, provide a verbal description, and attach photographs. If possible, determine on whose land and by whom (an individual, sole proprietor, or legal entity) the violation is being committed.".

The answer does not say why all these various ministries and departments exist using tax funds.

Photo: Zebra TV