Power workers in Adygea and Kuban have been unable to restore electricity for three days.

Tens of thousands of people remain without power in Adygea and the Krasnodar Territory. The head of Adygea promised to restore power to the remaining population by tomorrow.

As reported by Caucasian Knot, tens of thousands of people remain without power in Adygea and the Krasnodar Territory. In Kuban, authorities blame the utility company "Akton" for the delay in repairs. About 43,000 residents of Kuban were left without power on January 1 due to snowfall. Emergency outages also affected several railway stations in the Krasnodar Territory, leading to delays for about 50 trains.

Authorities reported a decrease in the number of residents without electricity

The head of Adygea, Murat Kumpilov, reported a decrease in the number of residents still without electricity due to snowfall.

"This morning, the number of residents without electricity decreased from 97,000 to 34,765, and by the end of the day, to 21,000. Thus, in two days, under the most difficult conditions, power workers connected 76,000 people to electricity," Kumpilov wrote on his Telegram channel.

Kumpilov noted that the remaining part of the population will be supplied with electricity in Due to tight deadlines, repair crews will do everything possible to complete the work tonight and tomorrow.

All available specialized equipment has been deployed to clear streets and roads, and construction companies operating in Adygea have provided significant assistance. Equipment will continue to work throughout the night. Highways, national and municipal roads will be cleared, and snow will be removed from city streets.

According to the head of Adygea, a volunteer center has also been established, which has received 149 requests from residents, all of which have been processed. All residents who requested targeted delivery of essential food and medicine have received assistance. Water – more than 10 tons of drinking water and 6 tons of industrial water – has been delivered to areas where water towers were out of order.

The Krasnodar Krai task force reported today that the main consequences of the severe weather have been eliminated in Sochi. "Roads and utilities have been cleared of more than 430 fallen trees, and access to the villages of Kalinovoye Ozero and Lesnoye has been restored. Residential buildings, social institutions, and hotels are receiving electricity, heat, water, and gas. Power workers have restored the main lines, and crews are currently repairing localized damage," the statement quoted Mayor Andrei Proshunia as saying. Electricity has been restored to water supply facilities in Novokubansk, the villages of Kovalevskoye and Lyapinskoye in the Novokubansky District, Peschanoye and Maryinovskoye in the Tbilisi District, Vozdvizhenskoye and Timergoyevskoye in the Kurganinsky District, and all settlements in the Apsheronsky District. In the Kavkazsky District, power has been restored to part of Kropotkin, and boiler houses and water supply facilities have been restarted. Some private homes with electric boilers remain without power and heat – about 300 subscribers, according to another statement from the emergency headquarters.

Meanwhile, today, amid the outages of water, power, and heat, the Krasnodar Krai Ministry of Emergency Situations announced that it was suspending its Telegram channel and would post all news and operational reports on the state messenger Max starting January 2.

A difficult situation has developed in the Belorechensky District of Kuban

Today, Krasnodar City Duma Deputy Alexander Safronov reported that he and his wife had traveled to the Belorechensky District, where people have been without water, heat, and power for three days.

"Water and bread were delivered to several families in the Belorechensky District. Sweet buns were also bought for families with children. The situation on the ground is still dire. Even in the city, many areas remain without power, heat, and water," wrote Alexander Safronov on Telegram.

Krasnodar environmental activist Yevgeny Vitishko reported that the situation in the Belorechensky District has not changed. "The only source of light is the moon," he wrote on Telegram.

On January 1, he shared details of New Year's Eve. "There's been no power since the morning of December 31st. I've been using my neighbors' generator intermittently, so we're barely able to heat the house and get water. And the gas hasn't frozen yet," Vitishko reported.

Social media users demanded that emergency work be expedited

Subscribers to the Belorechensk administration's Telegram channel, under the last post on December 30th, which stated that all municipal and road companies in the city had been put on high alert due to the predicted deterioration of weather conditions, expressed outrage at the lack of any information from the authorities.

"It's been three days! There's still no power. We're melting snow. Our phone battery is running low. We can't leave because they're not clearing it. There's no gas, the gas stations are closed! It's outrageous," said Elena Pivovarova.

"When will they give us power?" "Electricity?" asked Vyacheslav.

"As always, it's not their fault," noted Hello Everyone.

"Trash isn't being taken out, the bins in the apartment buildings are full, there's no power, no water, no heating. But Sidorenko reported to Krasnodar that the Belorechensk substation received power yesterday," noted ALEX.

"It's the 21st century in the yard - there's no power or heat for three days, and no information. I hope those at the very top find out how the residents of Belorechensk "happily celebrated the New Year," wrote Elena.

"City administration! If all of Russia knows that the Belorechensk district is in a state of emergency—a very serious situation, with lives in danger—then why aren't you getting help from the regional authorities these days? Have you been unable to contact them? I hope you're working hard to address the problems. We live far from our hometown of Belorechensk, worrying about our loved ones—we don't understand why there's been no help for so long, as if this is happening at the ends of the earth. Why does the Ministry of Emergency Situations need help if children are in danger... after a snowfall? "- emphasized a subscriber with the nickname 21844.