Officials of the Vitebsk region took part in a community clean-up day

September 11, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. Officials of the Vitebsk region took shovels and brooms and went out today for a clean-up day to improve and tidy up settlements, a BELTA correspondent reports. The administration of enterprises and organizations, activists of the BRSM, veterans and concerned citizens joined the heads and employees of the regional executive committee, city and district executive committees. All funds earned on the clean-up day, its participants decided to transfer to orphanages in the region. As the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee Alexander Kosinets, who worked on the construction of a parapet on the Vitebsk embankment in Vitebsk, noted in a conversation with journalists, the main task of the clean-up day is to make the cities and towns of the Vitebsk region beautiful, cozy and convenient for people's lives. He added that the improvement of the central part of Vitebsk is planned to be completed by November of the current year, so that next year the main attention will be paid to the outskirts of the city, courtyards in residential areas on the periphery. For these purposes, it is planned to allocate more than Br100 billion in 2011. Alexander Kosinets is confident that investments in urban infrastructure are economically justified. For example, the turnover of shops located on the renovated Victory Square in Vitebsk increased by Br15 billion. At the same time, while paying close attention to the improvement of Vitebsk, the regional executive committee intends to continue tidying up in district centers and towns. Begoml, Kokhanovo, Богушевск have already noticeably improved, and work on the improvement of Rossony and Osintorf is being completed. In 2011, it is planned to start the construction of an ice palace in Novopolotsk and begin the construction of another bridge across the Western Dvina, which would connect the new buildings of the oil city and Polotsk. Close attention will be paid to the implementation of the comprehensive development program for Polotsk, said Alexander Kosinets. In 2011, the regional program "500" will be launched in the region, according to which, within five years, beaches at 500 reservoirs will be equipped in the region, 500 hunting lodges will be built, and 500 roadside service facilities will appear, the governor continued. The main goal of this program is to make the region attractive for the development of inbound tourism and to develop the service sector. Alexander Kosinets emphasized that the successful work of the recreation and tourism sector, along with agriculture, industry and construction, will be a guarantee for the implementation of the socio-economic development program of the Vitebsk region for the next five years. -0-