Baikal: closed the only crossing to the island of Olkhon

The only ice crossing to the island of Olkhon on Lake Baikal was closed due to two large cracks. Departure to the ice of the lakes is deadly, the editorial office of Siberia. Reali was told in the Ministry of Emergencies in the region.

As a result, the inhabitants of the island were almost completely cut off from the mainland to May. According to rescuers, the structure of Baikal ice has changed due to high temperature during the day, and its safety now does not depend on the thickness.

SR in mobile SR on Instagram Wed Facebook

The longest ice crossing of the region to the island of Olkhon was opened in early February. Before this, the connection with the mainland took place only with the help of 6 Khivus all -terrain vehicles, whose drivers complain that they cannot cope with the current stream of tourists and local residents. The ferry through the lake usually begins to walk in May.

In February, the prosecutor's office of the Olkhonsky district recognized the fines imposed by the traffic police on passenger carriers working at the Kurkut -Irkutsk lip on the Baikal Lake. The audit began after complaints of tourists in social networks. According to specific complaints, 7 carriers to fines, the department protested the decisions on bringing drivers to administrative responsibility.

In early February, residents of Irkutsk complained in social networks that, despite the opening of the ice crossing, drivers of route buses are planting passengers at the frozen Baikal and offer to walk to the island of Olkhon on the ice of the lake. The drivers explained the refusal to transport passengers on the ice crossing by the fact that immediately after the launch on the other end of the road, the traffic police post appeared, where the employees of the department began to stop drivers of minibuses and fine them "for illegal transportation of passengers", citing the order of the Ministry of Transport of Russia on the ban on public transport on the ice.

Wed on YouTube Wed to Yandex.Zen