Vasily Shukshin's fellow countrymen have been living without drinking water for many years.
Residents village of Srostki, Altai Krai There is no access to regular drinking water. A State Duma deputy reported this. Maria Prusakova in the program of the news agency "Aurora".
The water supply networks are outdated, and the authorities have been promising to replace them with modern ones for years. They promised to replace the water mains on four streets by the end of October this year, but the work hasn't even begun.
"People are drinking water that's unfit for consumption. Plus, there are breakdowns, accidents, and outages. And 800 meters from the village, there are two wells that contain not just spring water, but water that contains silver ions."- said Olga, She's talking about the problem.
Russia, rich in all sorts of natural resources, lacks the resources to provide its population with the most basic thing—water. Yet, it has sufficient funds to wage war with its neighbor and promote the need for it.
One local resident told NeMoskva that they now have hope:
"Our active pensioners had their water tested, and it had elevated levels of radon and iron. A village meeting was held, a tender was held, and the water supply will be supplied from clean water wells. Local farmers drilled them, and the water there is very good, with silver in it."
Srostki is the birthplace of the writer, film director, actor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, and laureate of two Soviet awards. Vasily Shukshin. The All-Russian Shukshin Memorial Museum-Reserve operates in the village.
At the same time, in the homeland of the writer, Z-propagandist Zakhara Prilepina In the Skopinsky District of the Ryazan Region, residents also suffer from a lack of clean water. It's unsuitable even for industrial use and changes color due to rusty-red until blackRecently, water started flowing from the taps of Skopin residents. poisonous yellow color.
According to researchEvery ninth Russian (11% of the population) lives without access to clean drinking water.
