Marhanets Urban Territorial Community
- Type: Urban
- Population: 47,688
Community and War
From the first days of the war, the community received internally displaced persons (a total of 2,700 persons) and provided assistance in solving food and household issues.The community has been suffering from the armed aggression of the Russian Federation since July 2022.
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, 32 residents of the community have been injured.
As a result of shelling by Russian troops from temporarily occupied Energodar, over 600 residential buildings of the Marhanets community, as well as utility buildings, town enterprises, municipal facilities, social and cultural sphere assets (a kindergarten, 3 general education institutions, an after-school education institution, an art school, the Centre of Culture, State University of Applied Sciences, children’s and youth sports school, 2 health care facilities), automotive equipment, power supply network, and gas furnaces were damaged.On September 13, 2022, the Marhanets urban territorial community was included in the list of territorial communities located in the area of hostilities.
Development Strategy
In December 2018, the town council approved the Marhanets Town Development Strategy until 2025.
In particular, the Marhanets Town Council plans to implement the following projects:
- “Reconstruction of the bank-filtered river water plant of Marhanets, Dnipropetrovsk region” to ensure stable water supply to residents and reduce electricity consumption
- “Reconstruction of the municipal solid waste landfill”
- “Major repair of the road that passes through the railway in the town of Marhanets”
Sources
- official website of the Marhanets Town Council
- Facebook page of the Marhanets Town Council
- Facebook page of Mayor Hennadiy Borovyk
