Residents of a Dagestani village secured road repairs

Authorities in the Levashinsky District have repaired a road in the mountain village of Kulibukhna, whose condition worsened due to a landslide in 2021. According to villagers, the road has been thoroughly repaired, and authorities stated that the repairs were not related to the appeal to Bastrykin.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," the road in the mountain village of Kulibukhna is in need of repair, and appeals to local officials have yielded no results, village residents complained in an appeal to the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin.

Local authorities have repaired the road in the village of Kulibukhna, the head of the Tsudakhar village council, which includes the village, Shamil Kurshiev, told a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent. "The repairs began two days after residents appealed to Bastrykin. "But there's no connection here—they had previously contacted the district administration, and they simply needed some time to draw up an estimate, find specialists, and transport the equipment," he stated.

The repairs themselves, which began on November 10th, were completed on the 19th. Currently, according to the head of the Tsudakharsky village council, the road in the village is functioning normally.

He also provided the "Caucasian Knot" with an explanatory note from Kulibukhna residents to the head of the Levashinsky district administration, in which a deputy and two village residents note that "the road has been thoroughly repaired." According to the document, its authors explain to the head of the district that they were forced to contact Bastrykin in early November because their request to repair the landslide-prone section of the road, voiced in late October, went unheeded.

As can be seen from the photographs provided by Kurshiev, concrete blocks have also been installed and secured along the road to support the earth's mass.

A Russian lawyer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, noted that if a road not owned or managed by a private individual or company fails to meet safety requirements, an individual or group complaint can be filed with the local administration or the regional traffic police department of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs by registered mail. "Violations must be recorded using video or photography—this will help justify the need for repairs. The complaint itself must state the violation of GOST R 50597-2017 "Roads and Streets. Requirements for Operational Conditions Acceptable for Road Safety." Control Methods”, approved and put into effect by order of the Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology dated September 26, 2017 N 1245-st,” he noted.

A response to a complaint can be provided within 30 days, and measures to correct the problem are taken within 5-15 days, depending on the complexity of the repair, he told a “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.

If there was no response to the complaint, or it was rejected, you can contact Rospotrebnadzor or the prosecutor's office, pointing out the inaction of those who did not respond (or formally responded) to the complaint and demanding an appeal under Article 218 of the Code of Administrative Procedure (“Filing an administrative claim to challenge decisions, actions (inaction) of a state authority, local government body, other body, organization endowed with certain state or other public powers, "an official, a state or municipal employee, and the consideration of an administrative case based on a filed administrative claim," the lawyer added.