The Irkutsk city of Bodaibo, the "golden" capital of Siberia, spent more than two weeks without drinking water.
Today the governor Igor Kobzev saidthat the water flowing from the taps in Bodaibo, has finally met standards and is fit for human consumption. According to him, these are the results of tests conducted by the Irkutsk Region Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology.
Previous samples showed negative result.
Despite the optimistic report from the Center for Hygiene and Epidemiology, residents сообщают In the Telegram channel "Bodaibo-city," it was reported that the taps were still producing smelly water, and kindergartens had not yet opened.
Bodaibo, a town of seven thousand, was left without water on May 10, when ice drift and a sharp rise in the Vitim River pushed a floating pumping station ashore. For the first few days, residents had to carry buckets to the stream that flows within the city limits. Later, regional authorities sent five tons of water by air—and subtracted For this, three million rubles from the Bodaibo budget.
Partial water supply was restored only on May 14, but until today, supervisory authorities warned that tap water was unfit for drinking.
The lion's share of all Siberian gold is mined in Boydaibo, and the region itself remains one of the richest in Russia in terms of precious metal reserves.
In winter, due to a frozen water main in -40°C temperatures, approximately 1500 residents were left without heat and water. People were without water and heat for over a month.
Incidentally, the heating season is still ongoing in the city: the average daytime temperature on the streets is 10 degrees, and it snowed three days ago.
About life in Russia's "golden" city - Read in the publication "NeMoskva".
Photo: Igor Kobzev
