Putin said that in accordance with reports coming to him, the first branch of the Transsib should be restored within two to two and a half days, and the second within five days.
Putin also instructed the government to provide everything necessary for life in connection with the emergency on the Trans-Siberian railway, where as a result of heavy rains a bridge collapsed on the Kuenga-Ukurei stretch.
“The life support of the respective regions must, of course, be ensured.
I mean also food groups of goods, and everything that is necessary for the life of enterprises, municipal services, utilities, ”said the President.
Earlier, Russian Railways limited for three days the loading of all cargo, except for products, from all sections west of the Bushuley station of the Trans-Baikal Railway, and from stations in the east.
After the collapse of the railway bridge on the Transsib in the Trans-Baikal Territory, the East Siberian Transport Prosecutor's Office began an inspection.