Tomsk residents are asked to refrain from stealing sandbags during the flood season. 

Today the mayor Tomsk Dmitriy Machine During a tour of flooded areas, he ordered educational talks with residents of the coastal district of Stepanovka about the inadmissibility of "taking sand for personal use." The river Ushayka The river comes right up to roads and residential buildings, and in order to contain the flood, authorities have built a dam of sandbags in recent years. 

Our correspondent examined the dam and saw no recent signs of sand theft. At this time of year, the sand looks like a mixture of snow and mud and is unlikely to be a valuable building material. Access to the dam is difficult due to large puddles and heavy traffic. Furthermore, the plastic bags deteriorate under the sun and weather conditions, and the sand spills out onto the ground without any assistance.

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