The Minister of Construction of Russia supported the idea of building a new structure.
The Governor of the Orenburg Region Denis Pasler wrote in his telegram channel that Nova Dam will be erected in Orsk, the correspondent of The Moscow Post will be erected.
The construction will be many times more powerful than the previous one for the confrontation of such large water.
Today it was announced that with a decrease in the discharge of water from the Iriklinsky reservoir, the level of the Ural River in the city of Orsk began to decrease, which led to the outflow of water from flooded lands.
In addition, it was added that when erecting a new dam, it is necessary to use suitable materials and technical solutions, as well as take into account the correct sizes of the structure.
The head of the Russian Ministry of Construction, Irek Fayzullin, supported the idea of building a powerful dam.
This year, the Southern Urals collided with extremely strong floods.
The most difficult situation arose in the Orenburg region, where on Friday, April 5, there was a breakthrough of the dam, protecting the city of Orsk from the Ural River. The authorities were forced to conduct mass evacuation of residents from the old city.
A federal emergency regime was introduced in the region.
According to, estimates of the regional government, flood losses can amount to 21 billion rubles.
In addition, the emergency mode was declared in the Kurgan and Tyumen regions due to the increased water level in the Tobol River.
According to the predictions of Roshydromet, the water level may exceed 11 meters. Some municipalities began the preventive evacuation of the population.
