Unauthorized protests held in Dagestan

200 people gathered at the Irganay dam in Dagestan with demands to
open the Gimri tunnel on Wednesday, RIA Novosti reports.

The tunnel was closed for reconstruction in 2008. People need to use
detours, which complicate traffic, especially during harvests.

Villagers gathered at the dam at 09:00 and demanded tunnel
reconstruction to be completed and the tunnel to be opened. They
blocked the Gimri-Chirkata road at 11:30. The police authorities of
the Untsukulsky and Gergebilsky districts met with the protesters and
the road was cleared at 13:00.

The police say that the protesters returned home at midnight. 170
police officers were involved in securing the area. Dagestani Leader
Magomedsalam Magomedov met the protesters on Tuesday. He said that the
tunnel would be opened during the harvests. He added that
reconstruction will end in 2012.