In Tatarstan, military engineers of the Russian Ministry of Defense, in cooperation with the units of the EMERCOM and other services of the territorial subsystem of the RSЕS, carry out blasting operations on rivers
Today, the first blasting operations of this year took place in the republic – on the Berlya River near the village of Chipmunks in the Kaibitsky district of Tatarstan. The riverbed is winding, while covered with ice, runs along the entire settlement, and with the rapid melting of snow can bring a lot of problems.
Military engineers are preparing to blow up the ice. To lay explosives in the ice, the bombers first drilled holes in the ice. In total, the Kazan explosives specialists from the tank school laid 35 kilograms of explosives in the ice hummocks on the Berlya River and carried out 24 explosions.
After 16 explosions, the ice broke, and the water flow went along the riverbed. In total, military engineers spent 25 kilograms of tnt, blowing up the ice on an area of 300 square meters. meters. Such preventive measures ensure the safe passage of water during high water.