The Sochi Olympic side: lavish Parties, by smoke and dust.

When it comes to Sochi, we often think of right to the 2014 Winter Olympics-the most expensive Olympics is taking place in this city We also easily overwhelmed by huge amounts of investment on that (50 billion dollars), admission "not cheap" (about 500 USD per ticket), or the monumental century works. But few people know that, only this city not far from there, a small village brings up Akhshtyr is in scenes of isolation, lack of clean water, food, medicine and heavy dust pollution. Dust pollution and a lack of clean water Akhshtyr which is a quaint village, surrounded by green forests, salmon streams and ravines. But maybe that's only in the memories of the people in the village from many years ago. Akhshtyr now are left with thick layers of limestone dust that surrounds the village because the exploitation of raw materials for the construction of the 2014 Winter Olympics. A people in villages next to piles of garbage and Earth stone (photo: AP) for five years, construction trucks rumbling run day and night on the road from Akhshyr village to the city of Sochi. Every time the trucks go through, the locals again suffered the limestone dust that railway cars to leave. In a report in December 2013 of the human rights organization Human Rights Watch has written "the thick dust layer, sometimes to near 13 cm covering paths and buildings. " Sadly, since 2008, this small village also lost water supplies clean. The gigantic dump in order to serve the exploitation of quarries were polluting the freshwater wells of the locals. Therefore, the current people have to rely on the transport of water from the authorities. Blocking major transportation routes for security reasons a few weeks ago, the Government erected a checkpoint all over again on the main road connecting the cluster of mountains from the village of Akhshtyr to Olympic village in Sochi. Ms. Ilya Zamesin, a 35-year old farmer and local activists said: "They told us this measure is necessary to prevent terrorism along main roads. "However, the tight security has cut off traffic routes are always critical of villagers with the outside, which made them almost isolated, unable to earn the daily necessities such as food, medicine, water. The villagers lived in deprivation and isolation (photo: LATimes) have only a single path to exit the Akhshtyr village, but then winding roads up to over 11 km and lổn Nhon and filled with debris and garbage. Ms. Ilya Zamesin adds: "most of the people in the village are the elderly, therefore, they can hardly walk over 11 kilometres to come out of the village". At the age of 76, her instrument Mulyar Lubov, lived in a hut with the dog, laments: "the police won't let me go to the bus station. So, I'm stuck here, water and medicines were running out of my smooth " The authorities said that they are aware of the difficult situation of villagers and promised to act quickly to address their complaints. A public relations officer of the city of Sochi Tatiana Katanidi said: "in April, we will hold a meeting to discuss the situation of water supply for the people. We will also specify a few specialize in buses to shuttle people Akhshtyr. However, we are having trouble with identifying the location of the village. But we are doing their best to help people ". The people were so stressed and frustrated England Nodar Bagrandzh, a taxi driver at the age of 50 grumbled: "we are informed that there will be a lot of tourists come here. Even I learned more English to greet them. But then, there's no one here. I sit for hours because no job ". Mr. Sergei Shegevsky, 32 years old, a security guard said: "They promised we will have an exit to the main road, but now they say it is impossible. It is uncomfortable. We did not feel any benefits from the Olympics ". Ms. Buchanan, a local resident said: "When the Olympics are scheduled, Mr Putin has promised will not affect anyone. The people in this village are living in poverty before the Olympic Games. The Olympics as possible makes our lives worse. The Government really flouted the basic needs of the people ". Phuong Chi, VIETNAM + online (according to the LATimes and NYTimes).