The residents of Gulli appealed to Shchukin with a complaint about the lime production plant.

Residents of the village of Gulli in the Kaytagsky district recorded a video appeal to the acting head of Dagestan, Fedor Shchukin, demanding the closure of the lime production plant and sending a commission to the district to check the officials.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", on January 28, residents of the village of Gulli in the Kaytagsky district of Dagestan previously stated that protesting against the construction of the plant by the Artizan River, they wrote appeals to the head of Dagestan and to regulatory authorities, but either received no responses or received replies stating that no violations were found.

Residents of the village of Gulli recorded a collective video appeal to the acting head of Dagestan, Fedor Shchukin, and the acting chairman of the republic's government, Magomed Ramazanov, with a complaint about the lime production plant. They believe that the plant was built illegally and is harming them. The video appeal from the villagers was posted today by the "News of Dagestan" public page on the social network "VKontakte".

The footage shows several dozen men, one of whom reads the text of the appeal. "In close proximity to our village, and within walking distance from the school, a lime production plant was built. This facility was illegally constructed on forest fund lands within the boundaries of the water protection zone, which is a gross violation of environmental and land legislation," said a resident of Gulli.

Authorities are investigating the legality of leasing forest fund lands; the villagers believe that the land plots were allocated illegally and that the former head of the district exceeded his authority by leasing forest fund lands to private individuals for industrial purposes.

In 2025, during the extraction of raw materials for the plant, an emergency occurred during blasting operations. The residents' houses developed cracks. Despite this, officials did not take measures to stop the plant. The residents of Gulli previously succeeded in having a commission sent to the village, but the situation has not changed, read the text of the collective appeal.

"We ask you to take this situation under personal control. Send an official, public, and independent commission with documented evidence of all identified violations," the authors of the appeal stated.

The residents of Gulli also demanded the annulment of the lease agreements for the forest fund lands and the closure of the lime production plant.

Recall that the residents of Gulli previously reported that due to the plant, the water in the rivers became dirty, and a white coating appeared on the trees. "People take water from a spring located near the river," said a resident of the village Ruslan to the correspondent of "Caucasian Knot".

A resident of Gulli Magomed Gadzhialiev told the correspondent of "Caucasian Knot" that public hearings with residents about the construction of the plant were not held.

"There were, presumably, fictitious hearings; the names of supposedly present people were even misspelled in the protocol," said another resident of the village Magomed Kerimov to the correspondent of "Caucasian Knot".

As of 07:35 Moscow time on July 8, there are no comments regarding the appeal from the residents of Gulli on the websites of the head of Dagestan and the republic's government.