In Chelyabinsk, a cemetery was flooded next to the city reservoir

In Chelyabinsk, the Mitrofanovskoye cemetery flooded with Taly waters, the publication "Chelyabinsk of the Future" reports . Local residents are worried that dirty water will fall into the drinking Shershnevsky reservoir, which is nearby. Officials claim that everything is under control.

Residents of Chelyabinsk published in a public in VKontakte several photographs, which shows that graves, crosses and tombstones are partially immersed in water.

“It was not for nothing that environmentalists beat the alarm and talked about the inadmissibility of new burials in this cemetery near the drinking source of the whole city. But this is just someone's business. Only boiling water now, ”Olga wrote in the comments in the comments.

“They take 40 thousand for a place, but they cannot deal with the flood,” wrote another user Anna. “They took from 95 thousand for a place,” Natalya answered her.

The director of the City Cemetery Services Maria Koltsova in a conversation with 74.ru said that not all Mitrofanovskoye cemetery flooded, but only part of it in the lowland. Koltsova claims that there is no threat to burial.

“He will not wash the graves. This situation is annually. Once there is more water, once less. It is clear that now ... we did not have such a amount of snow, the situation is unprecedented, therefore there was no so much water. There will be nothing stone tombstones. Who has temporary, wooden crosses - well, they are called temporary, ”said the director of the institution.

Koltsova also said that water from the cemetery would not get into the reservoir. “Water will go into the ground. Because if she had the opportunity to go to the hornets [Shershnevsky reservoir], she would have already gone in a hornet, and would not stand in the place where she was standing. When the soil tides, all the water will leave. Plus, the root system of trees will also do its job. The situation is under control, ”she said.

The city hall of Chelyabinsk reported that they also control the situation. “Perennial observations allow us to conclude that the water will quickly go into the ground as soon as it completely thaws. The fears of the inhabitants are in vain, the situation is under control, ”said the representative of the city administration.

Earlier, the Chelyabinsk organization Environmental Consulting filed a lawsuit against the local city hall and the “City Cemetery Service”. Human rights activists demanded to ban new burials at the Mitrofanovsky cemetery.

“This cemetery is located in the second belt of the sanitary protection zone of the Shershnevsky reservoir. The functioning of such organizations in the territory with such restrictions should be prohibited by sanitary standards and rules, ”said one of the author of the lawsuit, director of“ environmental consulting ”Vladimir Kazantsev. The court rejected this lawsuit. “74.ru” wrote that sanitary rules prohibit the placement of mass burial places near water supply sources.

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