People stand in line to get water from a water truck, Dagestan, Makhachkala, October 2016. Photo by Makhach Akhmedov for the Caucasian Knot.

06 July 2018, 08:20

Makhachkala residents complain about water supply problems

Water is supplied to many Makhachkala districts with interruptions, and its low quality forces citizens to buy bottled water for drinking and cooking, Makhachkala residents informed the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

One has to get up at 4 a.m. to store water for a day, said Zaira Magomedova, a resident of the suburban settlement of Shamkhal-Termen.

"We have water in the tap from 5 till 7 a.m., and not always. In the evening, they sometimes supply untreated water from the canal, but it is unfit for drinking," the woman said.

Murad Magomedov, a resident of the Makhachkala settlement called Separatorny, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about long outages of water supply. "They cut water supply all the time and without warning; recently, there was no water for almost 24 hours. The one that they supply is of poor quality, but we don't think about it: we have small children, in this heat we need water all the time," the man said.

According to his story, people are forced to buy bottled water for cooking, because they are afraid to get poisoned by poor quality water.

Patimat Alieva, a resident of Engels Street, said that in her house problems with water supply had been present for two days already.

"It used to be OK earlier, but now there's absolutely no water from morning till night. We have to buy bottled water for cooking, and make reserves," the Makhachkala woman told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on July 5, 2018 at 07:48 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Author: Timur Isaev Source: CK correspondent

All news
НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

October 10, 2024 22:39

  • Kadyrov threatens blood feud to Kerimov, Barakhoev and Kurbanov

    The head of Chechnya, while speaking about the conflict around the Wildberries Company, mentioned Suleiman Kerimov, Russian Senator from Dagestan, and Bekkhan Barakhoev and Rizvan Kurbanov, Russian State Duma MPs, calling on them to prove their non-involvement in the order to kill Kadyrov himself, and warned them of his readiness to declare blood feud to them.

October 10, 2024 22:10

  • Rights defenders declare Sergey Dudchenko and Nikolai Murnev as political prisoners

    The proofs of the guilt of Sergey Dudchenko and Nikolai Murnev, accused of preparing to set fire to a military commissariat (registration and enlistment office) in Pyatigorsk, were fabricated by investigators; and law enforcers forced them to sign confessions under torture, the human rights project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial" has stated.

October 10, 2024 21:30

October 10, 2024 18:23

  • Lawyers criticize amendments about military contracts for defendants

    New laws signed by President Vladimir Putin have given defendants the chance to sign a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defence. Earlier, only persons under investigation or convicts could do the above. The new laws violate the rights of victims who will not be able to obtain justice in court, lawyers note.

October 10, 2024 13:42

News archive