"Now they can't be driven out." Residents of Ivanovo's Rodniki, the site of an environmental disaster, are outraged by the emergence of new factories.
Turkish group of companies Miray Textile openwahThere's another one in the Rodnikovsky district. Surtex-Rodniki enterprise. Already existing Untex-Rodniki polluted the environment—water bodies turned black from the paint. Also from the Kursk region will be transferred Ecotex dyeing plant - due to numerous protests from Kursk residents. Rodnikovsky residents too began to fight against "dirty" production.
"The companies assured us that the industrial park's networks would cope, but our networks couldn't. All this 'good stuff' flowing from Untex and other companies flows into our rivers," the activist explained the gist of the complaint. Alena Tikhomirova.
More than three weeks ago, water began flowing from the taps that was unfit for consumption—oily and foul-smelling. Authorities partially acknowledged the problem and began delivering water. Huge queues are forming for it.
In the summer for pollution Teza River Untex fineovals 50 rubles. Local media called this measure "a shot with a pellet." The industrial park's general director Andrey Volkov fined 250 thousand rubles.
The authorities promised to build treatment facilities by 2030. After the departments intervened in the situation Bastrykin started aboutektirovat treatment facilities in November 2023. At the same time, the relocation of the dyeing production from the Kursk region began.
"Now they can't be kicked out, because in Russia everything is possible," "This corrupt government is turning Russia into a dump," "It's no wonder the Ivanovo region has one of the highest rates of cancer," — the residents were outraged.
At the beginning of last year, the head of the Russian government Mikhail Mishustin looseallyl Ivanovo-Turkish light industry as import substituting.
Photo: screenshots from a video in the "Video from Ivanovo" group