Makhachkala residents complained about problems with storm drains.

Residents of two streets in Makhachkala demanded that utility services and regulatory authorities address a long-standing storm drain problem.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," heavy rains led to flooding of streets and substations, leaving some residents of Makhachkala and other cities in Dagestan without power. Specifically, the Primorskaya substation, which supplies power to, among other places, the Reduktorny settlement of Makhachkala and the Palmira and Dzhigit microdistricts, was flooded. Social media users complained that the power had been out for two days, while authorities attributed the problems to haphazard construction.

Residents of Makhachkala circulated an appeal to city services, which states: "We, residents of Gejukhskaya and Vanashimakhinskaya streets in Makhachkala, are tired of the long-standing problem with storm drains! Every rain turns our streets into rivers! We are forced to live in inhumane conditions! Children have to cross giant puddles to get to school! What should the elderly and people with limited mobility do? For them, moving along the streets becomes a real challenge!", reports the Telegram channel "Chernovik 2.0".

According to residents of the flooded streets, the whole problem is that "they blocked the access of groundwater and rainwater to lake, having built a dam there. It seems they specifically want to dry up the lake. We demand the attention of public utilities and regulatory authorities to our storm drain problem."

A video, shared by a local resident under the appeal, on a Telegram channel with 6,025 subscribers, had garnered 1,878 views by 8:20 PM Moscow time.

"This water isn't draining into the storm drain. We have a manhole there, where the bricks are. And all because the lake has accumulated... Five or six people have sewerage. And the water "What should we do with it? Will everyone drown like this?" a local resident asks, pointing to a video of a flooded street, cars driving through the water, and a storm drain marked with bricks, which can no longer drain due to groundwater overflowing.