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“Kyiv residents are not interested in a criminal case against the department head. They need heat,” insists Serhiy Sukhomlyn
Head of the State Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development Serhiy Sukhomlyn confirmed the low level of the capital authorities’ implementation of the resilience plan for preparing for the new heating season. The senior official said this in an interview with Hlavkom.
In particular, Sukhomlyn agreed with Kyiv City Council deputy Maksym Nefyodov’s view that the capital implemented only 6% of the measures provided for in the resilience plan.
“I think 6% is a fair assessment. At the same time, Kyiv is trying and is doing a lot to correct the situation. The point is that other million-plus cities have been dealing with this issue throughout the four years of the war. Kyiv only took a systematic approach in the last year,” Sukhomlyn said.
The head of the Recovery Agency emphasized that at the central government level there is currently close communication with the city authorities regarding the construction of protections, decentralization of the heating system in the TEC-4 zone, and so on. (Last winter the Darnytsia thermal power plant (TEC-4), which provided heat to about 500 thousand Kyiv residents on the Left Bank, was completely destroyed as a result of Russian missile strikes – Hlavkom). However, at the lower levels (heads of communal enterprises, department chiefs of the Kyiv City State Administration) there is a situation where officials sometimes do not want to take responsibility and implement a project because of the threat of new criminal cases being opened. In addition, the Recovery Agency itself is under close scrutiny by law enforcement.
“I am convinced: the city authorities need to take responsibility. Because on the scales: a criminal case or heat in Kyiv. Agree: ordinary Kyiv residents are not interested in a criminal case against the department head. They need Kyiv to be warm,” Serhiy Sukhomlyn said.
The senior official noted that today the city authorities themselves are building protections for half of the energy facilities in Kyiv. The Recovery Agency is carrying out the rest of the work.
“In discussions with local authorities, the Recovery Agency proposed creating a decentralized heating system in the TEC-4 zone. We were not believed. Then we performed hydraulic calculations and prepared a feasibility study for all facilities in the TEC-4 zone. And today we have already begun construction of protection facilities that we plan to complete by the end of the year. For their part, Kyiv authorities must do the same regarding TEC-5 and TEC-6. Moreover, the state is ready to provide additional funding,” added the head of the Recovery Agency.
As Hlavkom reported, on the night of 1 August, as a result of a massive Russian attack on Kyiv the building of the Lithuanian embassy sustained minor damage. At the same time, none of the staff were injured.
In addition, the occupiers struck the territory of the municipal organization Kyivmedspeztrans twice. As a result of the shelling, four of the enterprise’s buildings were partially destroyed, and a number of other premises were damaged.
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