Nalchik residents are forced to seek a sponsor for the replacement of the water supply on Shevtsov Street.

Residents of Shevtsov Street in Nalchik were forced to seek a sponsor for the replacement of water pipes, as the authorities refused to allocate funds for this purpose. However, the work that began in the summer was halted, presumably due to financing problems from the sponsor: the pipes have not been laid, the trench remains open, and the movement of vehicles and pedestrians is hindered, residents of Nalchik reported.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", on October 27, one of the residents of Nalchik complained about the prolonged repair of the water supply networks on Shevtsov Street. According to him, the utility workers left trenches on the street, did not start laying the delivered pipes for a long time, and after the work began, the street was flooded with water.

The road surface on Shevtsov Street is in an uneven condition: in one section, repair work is underway, in another, the asphalt is in satisfactory condition, and in the third, the surface is almost completely destroyed, a local resident reported. According to her, there has been no proper repair of the street since Soviet times.

"Repair work has been repeatedly carried out on all the streets around us, but they bypass our street," she told the correspondent of "Caucasian Knot".

Several years ago, residents of one section of the street collected money themselves for the repair of the road surface, noted another local resident.

"Now you can see for yourself what condition it is in. At the same time, in response to all our appeals to the Nalchik administration, we are told that there are not enough funds," she told the correspondent of "Caucasian Knot".

The situation is particularly difficult on the section of the street where work began in the summer to replace the water supply. A trench was dug there, which remains open, and the movement of vehicles and pedestrians has become difficult. No pipes have been laid in this section, reported the correspondent of "Caucasian Knot".

The replacement of water supply pipes was supposed to be funded by sponsorship, as this work was not included in the relevant program, reported a local resident. He suggested that the halt in work could be related to financing problems from the sponsor.

Residents appealed for assistance to State Duma deputy Anatoly Bifov from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. After his intervention, they received a response from the Nalchik administration, in which officials cited a lack of budget funds and reported plans to repair certain sections of the street.

"The budget limits for 2026 have been fully allocated. The funds allocated from the Nalchik budget are insufficient to bring all street and road network facilities to a standard condition. We also inform you that currently, in accordance with the municipal contract, the section of the road on Shevtsov Street from Kalyuzhny Street to Bekovich-Cherkassky Street is being brought to a standard condition. We plan to bring the section of the road on Shevtsov Street from Nekrasov Street to Kalyuzhny Street to a standard condition when funds are allocated from the republican road fund. Currently, a cost estimate is being developed to include the street in the road work program for 2027," the administration's response stated (a copy is available to "Caucasian Knot").

A similar response to the appeals was received by residents back in 2021. At that time, the city administration also stated that the issue of improving the street would be resolved when funding was available.

"The issue of improving the specified street is on the record of the MCI "DDH and B" of the Nalchik administration and will be considered when financing the street and road network in the subsequent period," the administration's response from 2021 stated.

Residents also noted the historical significance of the name Alexei Shevtsov, after whom the street is named.

"We were curious about who Shevtsov was, whose name our street bears, and found out that Alexei Shevtsov was the chairman of the Nalchik Sloboda Council, that is, one of the first, if not the first, heads of the local administration of Nalchik by today's standards. He established Soviet power. He was shot by White Guards. We believe that he deserves for the street named after him to be in proper condition," one of the residents of the street told the correspondent of "Caucasian Knot".