A motor rally against cement elevator took place
in Pechatniki district, Moscow. The race was conducted by
local residents and YABLOKO’s activists led by party leader
Sergei Mitrokhin. Activists in cars with stickers “Stop Cement
in Pechatniki!” collected signatures against a cement facility
in a residential district.
The South Port cement elevator by the Eurocement company
is situated on the bank of the Moskva River in close proximity
to blocks of flats. The decision to close the facility was
adopted in 2003, when he the draft plan of the district development
was developed, repeated decisions were passed in 2005 and
2007. However, the facility has never stopped.
On April 13, 2011, YABLOKO
conducted a picket against the cement elevator in Pechatniki
during which YABLOKO's leader Sergei Mitrokhin was detained
by police.
This motor race was the third joint action of the YABLOKO
party and local residents. The race was conducted under the
slogan "Stop the cement facility in Pechatniki!"
Party flags were waving from the cars windows.
When the cars stopped by a large shopping moll for collection
of signatures, a bus with a riot police was already waiting
for them at the parking. However, police did not interfere
with the collection of signatures, but followed the activists
cars from one point of collecting signatures to another.
Local residents coming out of the moll eagerly out their
signatures with a marker on a large flipchart. The activists
also used special subscription lists.
At the first point for collection of signatures a young family
in their own car joined the race. They stuck YABLOKO’s stickers
onto their car and put a flags in the window.
Local residents complained at cement dust in the air. According
to them, things left on the balconies for a short period become
quickly covered by cement crust. One of the participants told
the rally that he had hardly managed to wash the cement crust
off his car for a day in the parking by the elevator, as the
morning dew had turned the cement dust in a solid film.
Even healthy people catch respiratory diseases breathing
in the cement dust, noted the local residents. And local children
often suffer from rhinitis, pharyngitis, bronchial asthma
and skin diseases.
In a few hours the activists managed to collect over 500
signatures of local residents. The lists of signatures will
be sent to the Mayor of Moscow, Sergei Sobyanin. The first
package consisting of 854 signatures was sent to the Moscow
Mayor together with a letter from YABLOKO’s leader Sergei
Mitrokhin where he called the Mayor to immediately relocate
the elevator.
See all
the photographs web-site of the Moscow branch of YABLOKO
See also:
YABLOKO’s
leader detained by police at a picket by the administration
of one of the Moscow districts. Press Release, Photographs,
April 13, 2011.
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