Residents of the city of mykolaivka in Donetsk region are very concerned about continuing more than 20 days of the blockade, which stopped the supply of coal Slavyanskaya TPP. The entire energy infrastructure of the city depends on the work of power station, coal reserves which will last about two weeks of work. This “Today” said the mayor of Nikolaevka Elena Rykunova.
“Slavic thermal power plant is a manufacturer and supplier of thermal energy on the territory of the city Nikolayevka. Lives we have 16 thousand people and somewhere around thousands of refugees from Donetsk and Lugansk regions. We’re all very concerned, says Tsykunova, – today fuel is less than 40 thousand tons. Ate work unit of 800 MW, that is about two weeks of work, boilers of the old turn a little more will work – until the beginning of March”.
In the city is three kindergartens, four schools and a boarding school. Heat is supplied for about 140 apartment buildings and some private homes, said Zykunova. Alternative for heating the city virtually none. In this case, the heating season lasts until about mid-April, she said.
“In 2014 there was significantly destroyed the entire infrastructure – residential buildings, kindergartens, schools, production facilities Slavyanskaya TPP, but at the same time, the 2014-2015 heating season were successful, the heat was supplied continuously. Now cut there, but still worry. The heating season usually lasts until mid-April, it is terminated only when the outdoor temperature is +8,” says Zykunova.
16 Feb 2017 Nikolaev city Council gathered for an emergency meeting and decided to appeal to the President of Ukraine, Prime Minister, Prosecutor General, interior Minister and heads of Donetsk and Lugansk regions, so that they intervened in the situation, and influenced the termination of the blockade of railway tracks, to a solid technology fuel was supplied Slavyanskaya TPP.
“February 16 was going residents, MPs I, as head – to 79 people went to the side of the mountain, the Golden. We went specifically to see us, these people who block the train tracks, so they saw that there is a city of Nikolaevka, which people are very concerned. People are constantly turning, because all the worry that a very small amount of fuel to date warehouses. Therefore, all stand on the blockade was discontinued and the government intervened in the situation,” – said Zykunova.
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Recall that the blockade of Donbass has been ongoing for more than 20 days. 12 February, the Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groisman said about the need to urgently unblock the railway tracks on the line of differentiation, since blocking will negatively affect the country’s economy, and there are risks of rolling blackouts due to the shortage of coal in thermal power plants.
