a Sharp rise of water in the Yaroslavl region in February and in early may of this year occurred because of disagreements between agencies, which govern the construction of the Rybinsk hydroelectric.
the Flood situation in the Volga-Kama cascade were discussed at the meeting of the Government Commission in the MOE. In General, representatives of Roshydromet, Federal water resources Agency, RusHydro and some Russian regions have converged in opinion that abnormal situations this summer is not expected. However, Eugene Zimichev stressed that the situation could change.
“the Question is actually very important, because the Volga river is main water artery of the European part of Russia. It is a crossroads of interests of several agencies: the Ministry of energy, Ministry of environment, Ministry of transport, the Ministry of agriculture. Therefore, we must have an algorithm action not only in case of flood or floods, but in the case of the deterioration of the situation related to the drought,” said the head EMERCOM of Russia TV channel “Russia 24”.
