In Alushta, water shortage was used to put financial pressure on people

In Alushta, the water crisis is deepening due to worn-out networks and constant accidents, but the occupation authorities accuse the population of "excessive consumption" instead of repairing them. This is preparing the ground for a sharp increase in tariffs and the abolition of water supply schedules.

This was reported by the Center of National Resistance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (CNR).

Constant breakthroughs in the main networks, which in some areas are worn out by 80%, lead to the loss of a huge amount of water before it reaches the taps of residents. However, the official statements of the occupation authorities increasingly refer to the "wastefulness" of the population, which, according to analysts, is a direct information preparation for unpopular decisions.

Accusing residents of excessive water consumption amid frequent accidents creates the conditions for two main measures: a sharp increase in tariffs under the pretext of "stimulating savings" and an official transition to strict water supply schedules that may become permanent. The occupation administration ignores the fact that the main reason for the shortage is not domestic use, but a chronic lack of investment in the modernization of water infrastructure that has not been updated for decades.

This policy leads to further deterioration of the humanitarian situation on the southern coast of Crimea. Promises to build desalination plants or find new sources remain unrealized, and current reservoir resources are depleting faster than expected. As a result, Alushta residents are being held hostage to a situation where they will have to pay more for the technical failure of the system while receiving less and less water.

Катерина Глушко