In the Rostov region, 33 buses with 766 passengers got stuck on the roads due to snowfall

On the routes of the Rostov region, in four districts of which an emergency mode was introduced due to abnormal snowfall, 33 buses got stuck. They carry 766 passengers. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Transport of the region. 161.ru.

By the morning of March 31, the most difficult situation remains on the M4 Don highway. According to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Rostov Region, at 6:00 Moscow time, the traffic jam on the highway is 30 km (initially, the traffic jam was 50-70 km). There are seven mobile and eight stationary heating and food stations along the route. There are 147 people in them, including 34 children.

How many people are in traffic jams on the highway, not officially reported. Telegram channel Mash at 22:48 Moscow time, he reported that there were 600 trucks and “thousands of cars” on the M4 Don highway. “My husband has been standing since yesterday, they haven’t moved, he hasn’t drank water since yesterday, if anyone is nearby, help, please,” the statement says. chatorganized by people stuck on the track.

As of 8:00 Moscow time, according to a representative of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Rostov Region, barrier fences were dismantled on the highway, rescuers continue to clear the road and create “pockets” for the passage of cars. “The first trucks went in the direction of Moscow,” said a representative of the rescue department.

On the afternoon of March 30, a cyclone covered the Rostov region. Heavy rainfall fell in the form of snow, and in some places there was a strong wind. As a result, traffic jams formed on the M4 Don highway, traffic was blocked on 76 km of the road (from 907 to 983 km); five trains were behind schedule; Almost 35,000 people were left without electricity in eight districts and three cities. An emergency regime has been introduced in four districts (Belokalitvinsky, Kamensky, Krasnosulinsky, Oktyabrsky) and the city of Shakhty. On the night of March 31, precipitation continued, but not as heavy as during the day.