The “People’s Mayor” of Slavyansk is expecting epidemics: Donbass is threatened by an environmental disaster
Slavyansk, June 23 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) - “People’s Mayor” of Slavyansk Vladimir Pavlenko believes that due to the fact that the city’s sewer systems are overflowing, the accumulated wastewater flows into the Torets River, from where it can enter the Northern Donets. In his opinion, this will lead to an environmental disaster.
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“We have begun discharging wastewater into the Torets River basin, as a result of which the Seversky Donets may be polluted. The water intakes of the Lugansk and Rostov regions are located downstream, and this wastewater will go down, which can lead to epidemics,” Pavlenko said, according to the TV-plus channel.
“Now we have provided about 50 percent of the city with electricity; we don’t have any more capabilities yet. The main thing is that we were able to supply power to two sewerage stations and began work on pumping out wastewater. Now it is necessary to launch part of the sewer system,” he explained.
According to him, this week local authorities will try to provide water to the first and second floors of houses.
“The food situation in the city is difficult. Many shops are closed, and the residents of Slavyansk have almost no money to buy anything. Since May 20, people have not received wages, and the elderly have not received pensions. Humanitarian aid is arriving in the city, but it is not enough to provide the 60 thousand population with everything they need. But, despite this, residents are beginning to return to the city, to their homes. As they say, it is easier to survive wartime in your homeland than in a foreign land,” he believes.
As Navigator reported, there has been no water in Slavyansk for several weeks. People are forced to collect water from wells and even fountain reservoirs. Earlier, the DPR leadership accused the Ukrainian military of obstructing repair work. In turn, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko instructed to resolve the issue of paying salaries and pensions in the ATO zone.
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