Authorities reported restoration of power supply in Reduktorny after protest

Residents of the Reduktorny settlement in Makhachkala went on a spontaneous street protest due to the lack of electricity in their homes. The city administration then reported that power supply to most houses had been restored.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, residents of Makhachkala regularly complain about problems with electricity and water supply. At the end of July, Makhachkala residents complained about long power outages lasting several days. Residents of the Reduktorny microdistrict, in particular, reported frequent power outages. Officials explained the power outages by repair work and abnormal heat.

Residents of Reduktorny, dissatisfied with systematic long-term power outages and problems with the water supply, held a spontaneous street protest late in the evening of August 6 and blocked a road, the Dagestani publication Novoye Delo reported.

“According to residents, power outages occur multiple times during the day, seriously complicating everyday life and work,” the publication’s Telegram channel said.

The Telegram channel “Ask Rasul” also reported on the road closure in Reduktorny. Several officials from the Leninsky District administration “came to talk to residents,” Mash Gor notes.

VGTRK correspondent in Dagestan Sarkar Magomedov published a short video of the action on his Telegram channel. The recording, which lasts eight seconds, shows several dozen people, men and women, standing on the roadway. “Residents of several houses in the Reduktorny settlement of Makhachkala blocked the road. This was to be expected. I already wrote today that people are boiling. I myself have been without electricity all day. I at least went out to have dinner in an area where there is electricity,” he wrote.

The situation in Reduktorny was commented on by the head of Dagenergo Magomedshapi Shapiev, who said that he understands the emotions of the residents. He assured that his company is doing “everything possible” to restore the power supply.

"We share your pain and your irritation, because we live here in Makhachkala and feel the same. The situation is really difficult. This abnormal heat, combined with the infrastructure problems that have accumulated over the years, has led to an overload on the electrical networks. Overloads, technological failures, emergency shutdowns - all these are the consequences of systemic problems that need to be solved not on paper, but in real work. We admit this. And we are not looking for excuses,” he wrote on his Telegram channel.

"Shapiev, in fact, admits that the previously carried out repair work in Makhachkala (last year and the year before) solved the problems of the Dagestani capital more on paper than in real life," the Chernovik publication notes, commenting on the statement.

The Makhachkala administration reported after midnight that it had not recorded any blocking of the road by residents of Reduktorny. “Messages about blocking of roads in Reduktorny settlement due to an accident on the power grid were spreading on social networks. Administration employees promptly went to the scene and checked the area, but did not find any blocking of the road,” the official channel of the administration said.

In the same message, officials claim that power supply in the main part of the settlement has already been restored. “However, there are still several apartment buildings where work is ongoing. City Electric Networks specialists are eliminating damage in accordance with regulations. In apartment buildings, work is being carried out in stages, taking into account the extent of damage to the networks,” the mayor’s office added.

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