OREANDA-NEWS. On May 21, 2008 an ecological action “OBEREGAY” took place in Bavtugai town in Kizilurt region of Dagestan Republic, reported the press-centre of HYdroOGK.

The action was organized by Dagestan Branch of JSC “HYdroOGK” together with Bavtugai boarding schools. This all-Russia action was established to teach young generation to be socially active, environmentally friendly, to train them to treat lakes’ and coast’ territory with special care, to encourage an interest in the native nature study and patriotism.
 
The first ecological action “OBEREGAY” was organized and sponsored by Nizhegorodskaya HPP in 2005, since then JSC “HydroOGK” conducted more than 40 actions and cleaned more than 40 water reservoirs from litter.

In the Dagestan Republic the first action was held in May of 2007 on the territory near the water reservoir of Chirkey hydropower station. 400 students from Chirkey high school took part in it; they collected 6 trucks of rubbish. In September of the same year 200 students of Gelbakh high school participated in the ecological action and collected two big trucks of litter on the territory next to Gelbakh hydropower station.

This year more than 200 students from Bavtugai boarding school took part in the action. Before they went to the site teenagers received uniforms, comprised of special aprons and gloves and life jackets, they also were given shovels, rakes and trash bags. Bright column of boys and girls with flags and a transparency headed to the place of cleaning - the territory near the diversion canal of Chirurt-1 hydropower station.

Earlier specialists of the hydro-technical workshop of the station prepared the territory, beforehand they cut dry branches from the tree trees growing along the canal.

The school boys and girls inspired by the zeal of their teachers and the workers were working joyfully competing with each other in the number of filled up trash bags. In two hours all the litter was collected, the work was completed.

The boys and girls returned to the school and gathered in the schoolyard loudly sharing impressions and stories, they were very proud of 5 big trucks of picked up trash and 7 big trucks of cut dry tree branches. Here in the schoolyard representatives of Dagestan Branch of “HydroOGK” ceremonially handed special educational gifts to Nucalhan Guseynov, the boarding school director. The heroes of the day – the boys and girls – received shirts, caps and mugs with bright action’s logo as their trophies.