Donetsk, Dec 28 — DAN. Donetsk People’s Republic authorities are doing everything for residents to see the New Year in with power and heat supply, DPR parliament speaker Artyom Zhoga said on Thursday.
Zhoga, a co-chairman of presidential candidate Vladimir Putin’s election campaign HQ, visited its Donetsk branch earlier in the day. He talked by phone with a DPR residents who complained about her cold home.
“Lawmakers have been working on the issue for a long time. We’ve taken more than 1,000 complaints; more than 700 heat and power supply problems have been resolved and another 106 are being monitored, ” he said.
As of today, all boiler houses in the Republic are operating; we’re troubleshooting interruptions. “I believe that all residents will see the New Year in with heat and power supply, ” Zhoga told reporters after the telephone conversation.
A wave of sleet and low temperatures caused massive icing in Donbass in mid-December. Falling trees and pylons disrupted power, heat and water supply. DPR authorities are making all efforts to normalize the situation.*jk