Ryazan officials are unable to identify the source of hydrogen sulfide emissions, while residents have been suffocating for two days.
About 80 comments on the unbearable stench got Governor Pavel Malkov only in my Telegram channel. Hundreds complaints The townspeople also left comments in VKontakte groups.
"The terrible stench in Gorroscha is back again, for the second night in a row! My eyes are watering, my nose is stuffy," "In Dashkovo-Pesochne, the smell of hydrogen sulfide has been there for the fifth day in a row! A gas attack on the population?!", "The stench is already permeating through the closed windows. It's hell outside.""," people described their sensations to Malkov. Judging by the reports, the unbearable smell enveloped the entire city.
Emissions from industrial enterprises in large Russian cities are not uncommon. However, authorities in neighboring regions trying to solve similar problems. In Ryazan, residents require stop "poisoning" them for more than 10 years, but nothing changes.
Residents also complained of a sharp deterioration in their health. Trend noted in public organization "Breathe Clean", which has been fighting emissions for over 5 years. Environmental activists raised funds and Bought A gas analyzer was installed, a "people's" map of air pollution complaints was created, and a lawsuit was filed against the Prioksky Interregional Office of Rosprirodnadzor, partially winning. It didn't help.
At the regional Ministry of Natural Resources reacted to complaints like this:
"Last night, a stationary post in Dashkovo-Pesochnya detected several hydrogen sulfide levels exceeding the maximum permissible concentration. This information was forwarded to federal regulatory authorities."
The agency noted that they are working “to identify the source of air pollution.”
Previously in air pollution blamed Rostec's subsidiary, the Ryazan Oil Refinery. For several years now, government agencies have failed to identify a single source of pollution.
Governor Malkov on the stench covering the city keeps silent.
Pictured: An interactive map of air pollution complaints (Breathing Clean, VK)
