Balgarianovinite.com Residents of the village of Polikraishte, Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality, protested power and water outages by briefly blocking the main Ruse-Veliko Tarnovo road on Saturday. The demonstration followed the declaration of a state of emergency in the village.
Protesters, gathering by the local school and bus station, demanded clear information about when electricity and water supplies would be restored. Frequent breakdowns in the village have gone unresolved, prompting calls for transparency on repair timelines.
Mayor Nikolay Rashkov and Municipal Council Chair Ognyan Stoyanov attended the protest, confirming that the main pipeline from Yovkovtsi Dam, which supplies the area, requires urgent rehabilitation. Polikraishte lacks a backup reservoir, and old pipes have failed to withstand pressure fluctuations, causing repeated outages.
At a meeting in Razvitie – 1884 Community Centre, officials explained that Gorna Oryahovitsa Municipality has budgeted BGN 97,000 in 2025 to update a legacy project for replacing the water mains. The revised plan is expected in early January for swift approval and financing, alongside immediate repairs to the problematic pipeline. Other options, such as reviving old wells or building an additional buffer reservoir, are also under consideration.
Bulgaria faced widespread water shortages in 2025: at the summer peak 460 settlements reported scarcity, with around 160,000 people still affected in mid-October. The government set up a National Water Board and pledged long-term upgrades, while saying no rationing is planned for Veliko Tarnovo Region (supplied by Yovkovtsi). Health authorities reported no deviations in drinking-water quality in rationed areas, and targeted crisis measures continue in hotspots such as Omurtag. Polikraishte Residents Protest Over Prolonged Power and Water Outages 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-11-08 11:55:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law