The number of villages without power due to accidents in Dagestan has increased to 89.

Due to accidents on power lines, 89 villages in nine districts of Dagestan remain without electricity, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", on the evening of November 8, as a result of accidents on power lines, 3,870 households in 12 villages of four districts of Dagestan were left without electricity. The preliminary cause of the outages was identified by the Ministry of Emergency Situations as short circuits and breaks in power lines. Earlier that same day, energy workers restored electricity to five villages in the Tlyaratinsky district that had been cut off due to another accident.

The number of settlements in Dagestan remaining without electricity due to accidents on power lines (PL) increased to 89 by the morning of November 9, the republican Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.

"89 settlements remain without electricity in nine municipal districts – Buinaksk, Gunib, Kaytag, Kurakh, Suleiman-Stalsk, Tabasaransky, Khivsky, Khunzakh, and Charodinsky," the agency's message, cited by "Interfax," stated.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations did not specify the names of the settlements.

To restore electricity, 12 teams of electricians consisting of 43 specialists and 12 units of equipment are involved. The emergency recovery work is planned to be completed by 20:00 Moscow time on November 9, the message stated.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that the problem of worn-out power grids and regular power outages has been relevant in Dagestan for a long time. Earlier, the head of the republic, Fyodor Shchukin, acknowledged that more than half of the power lines in Dagestan are in emergency condition. He called the reliability of power supply one of the main problems of the republic.

Prolonged power outages have repeatedly forced residents of Dagestan to hold protests, including blocking roads. For example, on August 13, residents of Irchi Kazaka Street in Makhachkala blocked the road after three days without electricity. This was already the third protest by the townspeople in a week. Earlier, on August 6, residents of houses on Akhmat Kadyrov Street also blocked the road due to prolonged power outages. According to participants in the protest, the power supply to their homes was restored only after the protest began.

Similar protests took place in previous years. For instance, on May 10, 2025, residents of Bezdorožnaya Street in Makhachkala held an impromptu gathering, demanding the replacement of a faulty transformer. They claimed that due to voltage fluctuations, their household appliances were damaged. After a video of the protest circulated, the authorities reported the installation of functioning equipment. On July 13, 2024, residents of the Reducator settlement in Makhachkala held an impromptu protest due to power outages. On the night of June 30 of the same year, several dozen residents of the gardening association "Harvest" also held a protest, stating that they had been without electricity for three days, and officials did not respond to their appeals.