Energy continues to provide assistance to areas affected by severe flooding in the Far East. Donations in the amount of 700 thousand rubles, listed companies and workers in the energy industry charity «Awareness», directed village council village Coast Zeya district of the Amur region to acquire a specialized vehicle for pumping sewage. Operational decision by the village in dire need of this technique, it was decided on the treatment head of the village council village Coast Yuri Chapkovsky the public reception of «RusHydro», acting on the territory of the Zeya. «A new technique for pumping water we desperately need to avoid an emergency situation in the event of failure of the only functioning machine, which has already developed a significant resource», — says the head of the village council Yuri Chapkovsky. «We will be able to take prompt action to clean up traces of heat and water and sewage systems, as well as flooded basements of residential homes from groundwater and rainwater flows in time to eliminate a possible threat», — said Yuri Chapkovsky. Previously, the city administration Zeya assisted in the amount of 1.6 million rubles for the purchase of equipment for a backup device abstraction and recovery infrastructure. As part of an ambitious program to provide assistance to the victims, «RusHydro» transferred to the Ministry of Emergency Situations special facilities and equipment to carry out operations for the evacuation of the population in the affected areas. To transport people from the flooded towns hydropower purchased 1000 life jackets, 20 inflatable boats and 20 engines for them. Flooding in 2013 was the strongest in the last 120 years. At this point, according to experts, the Zeya hydro power plant and Bureyskaya kept in their own reservoirs more than 65% of inflow, severely reducing the likely impact of the settlements located downstream rivers.
Eugene Zhitnikova, RIA «VladNews»