Mosecomonitoring, Rospotrebnadzor, Rosprirodnadzor and the Ministry of Emergency Situations are searching for the source of an unpleasant smell, which the residents of the Central, Northern, North-Western and North-Eastern districts of the capital complained of the day before, as well as Khimki, Mytishch and Balashikha.

At the industrial and municipal enterprises of the city, the source of the smell was not found, the press service of the Moscow Department of Nature Management and Environmental Protection. The search continues.

Earlier, experts examined the landfills in Nekrasovka and Lyubertsy, the closed dump Kuchino in Balashikha and the sewage treatment plant in Novaya Moscow. Exceeding the maximum allowable concentration of harmful substances in the air, it was not revealed.

Nevertheless, the head of the situational center of Roshydromet, Yuri Varakin, on the air of the radio station "Says Moscow" suggested that the stench could appear as a result of work on the closed landfill of solid household waste "Nekrasovka". "Nekrasovka carried out cleaning works. Just yesterday, a weak wind was, therefore everything that was dug out, all this was nailed to the ground, "the representative of Roshydromet said, adding that the weather on Friday did not contribute to the rapid dissipation of an unpleasant smell.