Kiev South bridge can collapse at any moment

The problem arose due to illegal sand mining.

In Kiev in the Dnieper river could collapse the South bridge. The two columns of cracks. This is due to illegal sand mining.

According to the head of the Association of fishermen of Ukraine Alexander Chistyakov, due to sand mining is changing the landscape of DNA and the configuration of the shore that leads to changes of the river bed. At the bottom of the river washed away a huge pit, which causes the shift of the soil.

Depression appeared near the South bridge, resulting in two columns of the overpass cracks.

Chistyakov said that in the area South of the bridge worked for three of the dredge, which mined every day almost 15 thousand tons of sand.

Now the warehouse of the sand miners arrested. It was 2.5 million tons of sand. Just South of the bridge over the last few years were washed more than 4.5 million tons. This area is located near the Great island declined by 27%.

According to hydrodyamic in the Metropolitan area of the Dnieper was formed 56 new shoals, which can turn into a full-fledged island for 5-8 years.

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