More than 6 thousand residents signed a petition against the Khan Altai festival

More than 6 thousand inhabitants signed a petition demanding that the Moscow company be banned by the Khan Altai festival at the confluence of the Ak-Kem and Katun rivers in the Altai Republic. The authors are worried about how a large anthropogenic load will affect the ecology of this place.

The petition is addressed to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of Russia, the head of the republic Oleg Zhorokhordin and the World Wildlife Fund.

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According to the authors, on June 20-26, the organization from Moscow Space of Joy Community is going to hold the Khan Altay festival opposite the passage of Akkem and Katun rivers. Three scenes with powerful speakers, a light show, a cinema, a fair, toilets, a tent area per 1000 people will be built.

"To do this, they will cut off the vegetation in the allotted territory, they will trample the endemic plants, leave the mountains of garbage, pollute the waters of the rivers. Diesel-generators will work unceasingly. On the other side of the river, the territory of the Beluha natural park. In these places there are many wild animals that have offspring at the end of June. And they will" hit "the light shows and" and they will "hit" the shows and "and on them. Dance music! ”, The authors of the petition are worried.

They are convinced that this place will withstand such an anthropogenic load. “Please transfer the festival from the place planned by the organizers to more adapted,” the authors of the petition concluded.

Popular bloggers, public figures and politicians call to sign the petition, writes the newspaper Altai News. For example, a member of the Council Vladimir Poletaev made requests to the heads of various departments with a request to verify the legality of the festival. "Most of the inhabitants of the Altai Mountains against such events, since mass festivities on the territory adjacent to natural parks violate the natural ecosystem. My personal opinion is that festivals in the wild are unacceptable," the politician said.

The organizers of the event distributed an appeal in which they argue that a “real information war on social networks” unfolded against the festival, which was organized by the “initiative group from the Akkoltur tourist company”. They confirm that “about a thousand wealthy tourists from other regions and countries” should gather at the festival.

The administration of the Ust-Koksinsky district reported that the application for the festival is being considered, but the decision on it has not yet been made.

The late evening of February 25, it became known that regional authorities also spoke out against the festival. “We are, of course, the territory of hospitality, but we don’t have such a festival in the plans for 2020 ... We will not have such a festival. Advise the organizers to turn to other regions. Keep or answer them at least,” said the head of the Altai Republic Oleg Khorokhordin.

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