He said this during a video conference on the course of eliminating the accumulated harm to the environment.

“I would like to emphasize once again that all of us who are present at our meeting today must keep this situation under constant personal control, and intend to do the same, because the situation is not ordinary,” TASS quotes him.

In July, Putin instructed to develop a work plan to eliminate environmental problems in Usolye-Sibirskoye, where chemicals continue to be stored after the closure of Usolyehimprom.

Later, the Russian government approved a roadmap for solving the environmental problem in Usolye-Sibirskoye.

Rosatom reported that the total volume of waste in the city exceeds 2 million tons.