Vladimir Putin held a meeting on countering floods
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The situation with floods in the country was discussed on Thursday at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. The situation remains most critical in the Orenburg region: the water level in the Ural River in the regional center exceeded 11 m, and sappers began to build protective dams. In the Kurgan region, 100 settlements fall into the potential flood zone, and in Tyumen, the peak of the flood is expected on April 23–25. The head of state, stating that “in some places the water has not yet arrived, in others it has not yet left,” called on “now” to think about restoring housing and infrastructure. The Ministry of Finance promises to allocate funds for this from the reserve fund.
Thursday began with the traditional reports from regional authorities on the rate of advance of flood waters to new settlements. The situation in the Orenburg region remains in the spotlight. IN Orenburg The water level in the Ural River has approached 11 m, said city mayor Sergei Salmin (in case of flooding, such measurements are taken from the zero mark of the nearest hydrological post). According to the official, by the morning of April 11, over 2.3 thousand households and about 4 thousand personal plots were flooded in the city, and their number increased by 20–30% within a day. Calling the situation in the city “complicated,” Mr. Salmin once again called on citizens “not to wait for a critical situation” and to evacuate. Earlier, Orenburg authorities announced the evacuation of the inhabitants of all garden communities and recreation centers along the Urals.
Already on a repeat visit to the region arrived Head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation Alexander Kurenkov. The press service of the department called the situation with flooding in the region “tense” and explained that the minister decided to check the implementation of the instructions given to him to eliminate the consequences of the flood.
Representatives of the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that on the Elshanka River in the Orenburg Region, an engineering detachment of the Strategic Missile Forces from the Yasnensky missile formation was involved in the installation of protective dams. “The combined detachment prepared about 700 sandbags with the aim of creating artificial embankments,” the department reported. Governor Denis Pasler expects that 3.5 thousand houses may be flooded in Orenburg.
Total in Orenburg region, where the state of emergency has been in effect since April 7, by the morning of April 11, about 12 thousand residential buildings and about 15 thousand household plots were flooded; 36 bridges remained closed as of Thursday. Residents of the region submitted 38.2 thousand applications for compensation in connection with the flood. 1.7 thousand people have already received money, they reported to the press service of the government of the Orenburg region. The Minister of Economic Development of the region, Ignat Petukhov, assured that all local banks have already begun to provide credit holidays for six months in a “simplified version” to entrepreneurs affected by the flood. The official said shops, small manufacturing units and furniture factories were hit the hardest by the floods.
Meanwhile, water continues to flow from Orsk, a city with a population of 300,000: over the past 24 hours, the level of the Urals has dropped by 44 cm, to 8.6 m.
Orenburgenergo representative Sergei Nikolaev promised that on April 12 the city would restart the Novogorodskaya substation, which was shut down after a local dam broke. The dam on the Ural River burst on April 5, and since then they have tried unsuccessfully to fill it with sand and rubble stone. The mayor of Orsk, Vasily Kozupitsa, complained that at the peak of the flood, “blocks of stone” that were dumped into a ravine in the dam were “washed away like sand.” As a result, only by the seventh day after the breakthrough, workers managed to fill up the damaged area. The head of the Ministry of Construction of the Russian Federation, Irek Faizullin, during a visit to the Orenburg region, clarified that the dam in Orsk is nothing more than an earthen rampart. “This is actually not a dam; a dam is not worth a billion rubles,” the minister added.
IN Kurgan The regions where the state of emergency was introduced on April 8 continue to wait for more water. The press service of the regional government reported on the evacuation of more than 6 thousand people. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, water has so far flooded 178 residential buildings and 284 household plots, but in total 100 settlements fall into the possible flood zone. In the government press service Tyumen The region reported that 4 km of prefabricated dams were delivered to the region on the instructions of Alexander Kurenkov. The day before, Sergei Salmin announced the delivery and installation of similar structures in Orenburg. According to Tyumen officials, nine low-water bridges were flooded in the region in one day. According to Tyumen Governor Alexander Moor, 51 settlements fall into the zone of probable flooding, and the authorities expect the peak of the flood to occur on April 23–25. The first deputy head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Tyumen Region, Vladimir Zakutaev, confirmed that on these dates the rise of water on the Tobol and Ishim rivers could reach “historic highs.”
Rosselkhoznadzor was instructed to check the condition of cattle burial grounds, “including anthrax ones,” in regions affected by water. The deputy head of the department, Konstantin Savenkov, gave the corresponding instructions to the veterinary services, calling for them to strengthen measures “in connection with the current situation.”
On Thursday, the flood situation for the first time became the subject of a special meeting of Vladimir Putin with the heads of regions, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Construction of the Russian Federation.
Until now, as reported, the head of state received reports from governors and officials on a daily basis. “We are in touch almost every day, but the situation changes hourly,” the president explained, inviting the meeting participants to report on the situation. Denis Pasler spoke about the stabilization of the situation in Orsk and the updating of records in Orenburg, where in 1942 the Urals overflowed to a level of 9.4 m, and now to 10.8 m, and the water “is still rising.” Having reported on the placement of victims in temporary temporary detention centers and the payment of compensation, Mr. Pasler did not forget to thank Vladimir Putin twice for his support.
Governor of the Kurgan region Vadim Shumkov devoted a story to how the region is strengthening dams and accommodating victims, illustrating data previously received “from the akimat of the Kostanay region of Kazakhstan” on record water discharges from Kazakh reservoirs. Alexander Moor, in turn, mentioned that the water in Tobol and Ishim will be “about half a meter higher than historical maximums.” Thanking Alexander Kurenkov for the provided water-filling dams, the governor also emphasized that the authorities are helping residents “to remove valuable property” and “warehouses have been organized in all settlements under the protection of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.”
“Is the Ministry of Internal Affairs helping? Works?” – Mr. Putin asked and was assured that the police officers were “especially attentive now.”
Alexander Kurenkov, in turn, made it clear that the group of the Ministry of Emergency Situations is sufficient to help the regions affected by the flood, and praised the “Government Services” portal (used to apply for payments) “for the wonderful work.”
“Look, in some places the water has not yet arrived, in others it has not left yet,” Vladimir Putin concluded, calling on them to think “already now” about restoring housing and infrastructure. The head of the Ministry of Finance, Anton Siluanov, made it clear that funds for this will be allocated from the reserve fund, and their amount is now being calculated with the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Construction.
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