The mayor of Buynaksk, a Dagestani city where hundreds of residents were poisoned by tap water, has resigned.

Islamudin Nurgudaev resigned, he had led the city since 2017. In June, hundreds of city residents got poisonedThe cause was a dilapidated water main that leaked sewage. All schools, kindergartens, and some businesses had to close.

Residents then demandedSo that the "gang" that had brought the city to this critical state would "pluck up the courage and resign." They wrote that they were "living in garbage" and "swimming in sewers."

According to the channel “Ask Rasul”, yesterday Nurgudaev was called to Makhachkala, where he met with the head of Dagestan Sergei Melikov.

Today, a message appeared on the social networks of the Buinaksk administration post The mayor's resignation, listing his accomplishments. One of the most important was the construction of the new Chirkey-Buinaksk water pipeline.   

Plumbing was worth The project cost 2 billion rubles and was supposed to provide the city with high-quality drinking water. It was launched in late December, but it was of no help, as the city's networks are, according to officials, 70-80% worn out, and 30 kilometers of pipes throughout Buynaksk need to be replaced.

"The household treasury is full, it's time to leave. Was it really that hard to raise such a small town from its knees?" "It's high time you folded everything! The city is drowning in garbage and potholes! What have you done for the city?", residents wrote on social media.

Photo: Buinaksk Administration