"The entire city has been freed from water. We have begun pumping out water that is still in the basements. Energy supply has been launched," Leontiev told Russian broadcaster RBC.
Leontiev added that regular life activity in the district would be restored within a week, but even then there would be a lot of work to restore the region since it had suffered "enormous damage."
Water in Novaya Kakhovka is safe to use for drinking and cooking, according to daily analyses done by local laboratories, Mayor Vladimir Leontyev said on the RBC television channel on Saturday.
ReplyDelete"The water in the city, based on daily analyses carried out in our laboratories, is safe to use and to drink," he said.