More than Br30 billion allocated for heating season preparations in Vitebsk region

September 2, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. More than Br30 billion has been allocated for the preparation for the heating season in the Vitebsk region, Anatoly Sudak, head of the production and technical department of the housing and communal services department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, told a BELTA correspondent. A significant portion of the funds has been directed towards the repair of boiler houses. Out of 412 facilities operating in the region, 312 are already ready to face the cold weather. Eight boiler houses in Luzhesno, Obol, Lepel, Dubrovno, Ushachi, and Sharkovshchina are being converted to solid fuel with mechanized loading. Two more such facilities in Gorodok and Tolochin have already been commissioned. As of September 1, 56.8 km of heating networks (63.1%), 3.9 thousand heat points (88.6%), 180 thousand sq. m of roofs (60%), and over 56 thousand linear meters of wall panel joints (60%) have also been repaired for the upcoming heating season. 198.8 thousand cubic meters of firewood (76.5% of the target), 2.6 thousand tons of peat briquettes (66%), 16.8 thousand cubic meters of wood chips (70%), and 2.8 thousand tons of reserve fuel oil have been procured. Thanks to the work done, the share of local types of fuel in the fuel and energy balance of the Vitebsk region is 42.6%, the source noted. -0-