Residents of Omsk post heating and hot water pipe breaks on social networks. There has been no heat in the Central District of the city for more than two weeks. In other neighborhoods, the temperature in the rooms drops to 5 degrees It is now 12 in Omsk.
On January 28, residents of Omsk reported that the door to the entrance was frozen in a house on 75th Guards Brigade Street. Other houses on this street have hot pipes leaking.
Residents of Peter Osminin Street told about a similar problem. According to them, boiling water is pouring from a pipe between a kindergarten for deaf and hard of hearing children and the entrance of the house. Breakthroughs were also reported on Kommunalnaya, Kuznetsov and Maslennikov streets. Batteries are almost unheated in the Silver Coast neighborhood.
“It is planned to conduct an examination, according to the results of which, if necessary, appropriate measures will be taken. We will return with an answer no later than February 9th,” the Omsk Thermal Company replied to the residents.
The Regional Prosecutor’s Office revealed over 4,000 violations in the housing and communal services sector. According to the agency, more than a thousand people were brought to justice. The Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case on the provision of services of inadequate quality.
According to estimates by the Heat Company and the Omsk authorities, from 70 to 80% of heating mains are in poor condition. According to Oleg Khilko, CEO of TGC-11, the heat supply has been cut off almost 450 times in the last 2 months.
“If the necessary serious work is not carried out in 2026, disaster will happen next winter,” said State Duma Deputy Andrei Alekhine.
At the same time, in 2025, the maximum index of payment for housing and communal services in Omsk was increased from 16.1% to 39.6%, but the prosecutor’s office succeeded in canceling this decision.
