In recent days, there have been many housing and community service accidents across the country, mostly due to deterioration in infrastructure as well as cold weather. But cold weather is common in Russia; But not everyone was ready for it.
On November 5, in Irkutsk Bodayevo, in a frost of -20 degrees, a pipe with a diameter of 350 mm burst, leaving part of the city without heat and hot water. The heat was restored at 21:50 that day. But this is a repeat of the January situation. On the morning of November 6, the DGK heating center in Vladivostok broke down. On November 7, in Ivanovo, due to damage to the heating system on Stroitli Avenue, heating was lost in 23 houses, a school and a kindergarten.
All these accidents have already been overcome. However, the frequency of accidents is alarming. The problem is not the speed of the repair, but the frequency of the failures. Moreover, such accidents have already become chronic for both Budaivo (Irkutsk region) and Vladivostok.
The situation shows that housing and community services need to be taken care of more actively, investing much more in infrastructure, but the state's resources are now limited, and people are tired of the extortion. And there is still no systemic solution, only patching holes.