The quality of imported sand on Anapa beaches has disappointed social media users.

Anapa City Duma Deputy Oleg Yantsen submitted a request about the quality of water and sand on the beaches, but was denied access. The Krasnodar Krai Office of Rospotrebnadzor explained that this information is only provided to the government commission. The Federal Office of Rospotrebnadzor called the regional office's response inappropriate, stating that there are no restrictions on publishing such data. However, official reports on water and sand conditions are not published. In Anapa, sand has begun to be delivered for the coastal strip from the Ryabinushka sanatorium to the Okhta beach. At the same time, sand continues to be filled in along the 3.5-kilometer stretch from the Bimlyuk sanatorium to the Ryabinushka beach. Clean sand has already been leveled to a 50-cm layer over a 1.2-kilometer stretch. In total, more than 136,000 cubic meters of sand have already been delivered to the resort town's beaches, and over 5 kilometers have been filled, the Krasnodar Krai task force reported on May 20.

This message was reposted by the "Makovozovy" Telegram channel.

"The pace of sand filling has slowed down, since the beaches on Dzhemete are already noticeably wider and more sand needs to be filled. We'll soon see what they do on the first driveway; maybe at least the beach itself will become wider, because it's become quite narrow from the passage to the water's edge. There's always a choice - Blaga (Blagoveshchenskaya) and Vityazevskaya and Bugazskaya Spit, as well as sandy beaches, so don't be discouraged, you can go ahead!" the channel's author added.

This message has garnered 15 comments.

"I walked along this today "Sand." After the rain, it's not even clay, but solid concrete - hard and not even in chunks," commented Antonina.

"They ruined such a resort. We went to Anapa because of the sand and the sea. And now what? There will be more rock, the sea is murkier, "sand like asphalt!" writes Lilia.

"Very sad," commented Svetlana.

The Telegram channel "Anapa Grazhdanskaya" published a post from a subscriber who compared the old sand on the beach and imported sand, samples were taken from the Anapka River. "Native" sand settles well in water, while imported sand creates a stable, thick suspension even in stagnant water, according to published videos.

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