Makhachkala residents complained about flooded streets after the rain.

Several streets in Makhachkala, including in the city center, were flooded after a heavy rain. Social media users pointed to an unresolved problem with storm drains in the capital of Dagestan.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot," on April 15, roads were flooded in Makhachkala after heavy rain. In the Kirovsky District, private homes were flooded. Residents complained that the water damaged property in their apartments. On April 21, a state of emergency was declared in the Kirovsky District of Makhachkala, where, according to authorities, more than a hundred homes were damaged by flooding. Damage is estimated at 18 million rubles.

Several streets in Makhachkala, including in the city center, were flooded on Wednesday as a result of heavy rain. Traffic jams formed in the Reduktorny microdistrict, RIA Novosti reported.

Water flooded parts of Akhmed Magomedov Street, Abdulkhakim Ismailov Street, A. Akushinsky Avenue, and Beybulatov Street, RBC-Kavkaz reports.

"Makhachkala, Beybulatov Street—under the bridge to Atletik—everything was completely submerged. Cars stalled right on the road. My SUV's tires were covered." "He swam out with prayers," the Chernovik Telegram channel quotes an eyewitness as saying.

"Before my very eyes, a black Priora stalled at a traffic light, and then, a little further down, a foreign car stalled too. Will I ever get storm drains or drainage in this city? No one reimburses engine repairs. We don't even know where to turn," said another user of the channel, who identifies himself as a resident of Makhachkala.

"Traffic lights are out everywhere, there are floods in the city," TV channel 360 quotes one of the city's residents as saying.

The city administration told the publication that all public utilities have been put on high alert. "The main efforts are focused on monitoring and cleaning storm drains to prevent flooding in problem areas. "The existing storm sewer system operates at full capacity, but during peak periods it physically cannot handle the entire volume of water in a short time," a city hall employee is quoted as saying.

Makhachkala residents have previously repeatedly complained about the inoperative storm drains. For example, in the summer of 2023, a video was published showing street flooding in Makhachkala during heavy rainfall. Local residents in the video addressed Dagestan's head, Sergei Melikov, who instructed the city hall to investigate the problem. According to Melikov, the flooding is due to an infrastructure problem. Storm drains in Makhachkala are unable to cope with the consequences of heavy rainfall and require phased reconstruction, according to an activist from the "Our City" movement.