As a result of this act of sabotage, the electric energy supply to the republic from Ingushetia completely terminated. Speaking on Tuesday of Grozny television, Deputy Minister of the Shariat National Security Abu Movsayev reported that last night unidentified persons had destroyed the high-tension electric power transmission line from the side of the Stavropol Territory. In this connection the ministry instituted proceedings and an investigation of the case began. Despite the absence of electric energy, at the evening time Grozny state television operates. Diesel electric generators are switched on at objects of public health service in evenings.
Drinking water is delivered to city hospitals in special tankers.
Many residents of the Chechen capital save themselves from the heat using numerous hand-power water cranes which remained in the city after the war. On August 2 Chechnya had no telephone communication with the outside world. On Tuesday evening Moscow cellular communication was turned on. Chechnya An attempt of three criminals to kidnap two women in Grozny last night was prevented by the republican anti-terrorist center. The attempted kidnappers were detained near the Grozny railroad terminal when trying to escape with the women in foreign-made cars.