The cost of restoring the Kakhovskaya HPP may amount to about 200 billion rubles

The restoration of the destroyed Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station will require about 200 billion rubles, but it is still impossible to assess the environmental damage from the disaster, Vladimir Saldo, acting head of the Kherson region, said on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

“According to experts, the restoration of the HPP will require about 200 billion rubles … the amount of environmental damage cannot be calculated today,” – leads his words “Interfax”.

At the same time, the balance stressed that it would be possible to start restoration work, which will last 1.5-2 years, only after the end of hostilities.

The breakthrough of the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station occurred on the night of June 6. As a result of the destruction, an uncontrolled discharge of water began, the level of which reached over 11 m. As a result of the incident, according to the latest data, 17 people died. Over 7,000 residents of the region were evacuated. The balance instructed the regional government to pay 1 million rubles to the families of those who died after the destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, as well as to each victim – from 200,000 to 400,000 rubles. depending on the severity of the injury.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called the undermining of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station a barbaric act of Kyiv, which led to a large-scale environmental and humanitarian catastrophe. On June 10, the balance reported that the head of state keeps the situation in the Kherson region under constant control after the destruction of the dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station, regularly inquiring about what is happening.