Residents of Nizhnevartovsk opposed the construction of the temple

In January 2022, it became known that residents Nizhnevartovsk opposed plans to build a church on Geroev Street Samotlor. Construction will entail cutting down trees.

We are talking about several dozen trees near the house number 22.

« If our city needs another religious object, it should not be built to the detriment of nature and the health of the inhabitants. We have places where this structure can be built without cutting down trees " , - Ekaterina Yaryshkina expressed the opinion of local residents.

The townspeople believe that the city lacks green spaces and places for walking, so "a small forest” near the houses should not be cut down, but preserved and ennobled. temples in the city is enough.

According to the representative department for interaction with the media of the mayor's office of Nizhnevartovsk Ekaterina Novikova, the placement of a temporary religious building on this site is being discussed. buildings, we are not talking about a capital structure.

17 January, the results of the voting conducted by the municipality became known: out of 55 appeals of citizens, only three were in support of the construction.

Organizing Committee for public discussions adopted recommended the mayor to reject the project construction and not change the type of permitted use of the site - "rest (recreation).

On January 21, a similar recommendation was given by the Department of Architecture and construction of the administration of Nizhnevartovsk.

Sources

• Residents of Nizhnevartovsk are dissatisfied with plans to build a church on the site of a forest in their yard // NEFT. 2022. January 13.
• Residents of Nizhnevartovsk opposed the construction of a temple in new microdistricts // Vesti Yugori. 2022. January 17.
• The authorities of Nizhnevartovsk refused to cut down the forest for the construction of the church // NEFT. 2022. January 21.