On May 1, a breakthrough of one of the dams of the Sardoba reservoir in the Syrdarya region of Uzbekistan occurred. EMERCOM employees managed to evacuate residents near the settlements.

According to eyewitnesses of Ozodlik, at first the water began to flood the settlement, popularly referred to as “1A state farm”, then other settlements.

Employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, internal affairs agencies and the National Guard began to awaken people and prepare for evacuation.

One of the residents of the Syr Darya region in a telephone conversation with the journalist "

- At 6 am, an alarm suddenly started. Police officers shouted on the street: " Our house is located a kilometer from the reservoir. We immediately took our documents and went outside. We look, on the street noise, everyone gets on their cars and run away, we also started to run. Water came with such a frightening sound, we managed to leave the village in our car. Now state farms 1 and 1A have completely remained under water. People stand along the road. The evacuation of other state farms continues, ”the source said..

Sundar Qoraboyev An employee of the Syrdarya regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations confirmed to Ozodlik information about the breakthrough of the dam on the Sardoba reservoir, adding that residents are being evacuated.

- Really broke through the dam on the Sardoba reservoir. Now our guys are busy evacuating people. There is no information about the victims and victims, the representative of the Ministry of Emergencies said.

According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Uzbekistan, water flooded the village of Kurghantepa in the Sardoba region. 11,598 residents of the Kurghantepa, Dustlik and Yurtdosh mahallas located near the Sardoba reservoir in the Syr Darya region were evacuated to Mirzaabad district.

It is reported that the export of the population from the makhalla " It is also planned to evacuate residents from the malls “Kuytosh”, “Ota Yurt” and “Birlik”, which are under threat of flooding.

President Shavkat Mirziyaev immediately arrived in the Sardoba district of the Syrdarya region.

At the scene, Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov, the leadership of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the National Guard and other organizations are also located..

“The situation has been taken under full control, there is no reason to panic,” the presidential press service said.

Residents evacuated after breaking through the dam on the Sardobinsky reservoir were placed in the building of a pedagogical college in the Yangiyer district.

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- Internet cut off. Fights started, started in lines for bread. Help comes alternately, - the interlocutor said..

The Sardobin reservoir was built in 2017, it holds 922 million cubic meters of water. The height of the reservoir is 28.8 meters.