“Rescuers carried out a temporary evacuation of the population of Kurgantep to a safe territory. There are no victims and victims, ”the agency’s Telegram channel says.
The dam broke through at 05:55 (03:55 Moscow time) as a result of leakage of water from the sixth picket wall of the dam of the Sardoba reservoir.
According to TASS, the prime minister, the heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Emergencies and the National Guard of the republic arrived at the scene.
About 1 thousand rescue personnel using 200 units of special equipment take part in emergency rescue operations.
In October, the dam of a technical reservoir of a gold mining artel near the village of Shchetinkino in the Krasnoyarsk Territory was destroyed, as a result of which 17 people were killed.