Vacationers defied restrictions and took to Anapa's beaches.
Emergency Ministry personnel at Anapa beaches where imported sand is being filled are using loudspeakers to warn residents and visitors not to be on the shore during the work.
As reported by "Caucasian Knot," the test section in Anapa, which was the first to be filled with imported sand, has received the necessary permits. The beaches of the Vita children's resort, the Pearl of Russia children's health complex, and the Miracleon hotel in the village of Vityazevo will be able to operate during the resort season. Previously, Krasnodar Krai authorities reported the start of filling the first three and a half kilometers of Anapa beaches with a 50-centimeter layer of sand in preparation for the resort season. Telegram users have pointed out that sand is similar to clay and risks worsening the condition of the beaches. Sand from a quarry in the Temryuk district is very similar in composition to beach sand. Bringing new sand to the beaches is the only effective way to restore Anapa's beaches and restore a full resort season, the mayor countered.
Blogger Andrey Makovozov published a video today on his Telegram channel from Anapa's Central Beach, where work continues to add new sand.
Emergency Ministry vehicles with megaphones are driving along the beach, warning beachgoers that work is underway and that being on the beach is prohibited, the blogger reported. In the video, such a vehicle is seen driving close to him and other beachgoers.
"The work has shifted to Sofia; there are trucks parked near the dolphinarium," Makovozov wrote. According to him, there are many vacationers, and cars with Moscow, Rostov, and Stavropol license plates are parked on Pionersky Prospekt, which runs along the coastal area.
The goal of opening the beaches will be achieved, despite the environmental damage, users believe. Quarry sand will not solve the problem of fuel oil emissions, but will only temporarily conceal the pollution on Anapa's beaches, environmentalists and activists point out.
Materials on the consequences of the fuel oil spills in the Kerch Strait and Tuapse have been collected by the "Caucasian Knot" on the page "Eco-disaster in Kuban". Data on the scale of coastal pollution was compiled by the Caucasian Knot in the reference material "Fuel Oil Spill in the Kerch Strait".