The best young thousand-ton combine operators in the Vitebsk region will receive awards

July 14, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA/. The best young thousand-ton combine operators and drivers involved in the harvesting campaign in the Vitebsk region will be awarded with prizes and diplomas, the head of the department for youth affairs of the regional executive committee, Valery Kunashko, told a BELTA correspondent. The department for youth affairs of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee and the regional organization of the Agro-Industrial Complex Workers' Union announced an operational competition among young people. The frontrunners will be determined during the harvest. Members of youth crews and drivers no older than 31 years old will be able to participate in the competition. The organizers have established 8 prizes ranging from 4 to 12 base units (the current base unit is Br35 thousand). Thus, the youth crew that first threshes 1 thousand tons of grain will be awarded a prize of 9 base units. The first two-thousand-tonners will receive 11 base units. The largest prize will be awarded to the combine crew with a result of 3 thousand tons of grain - 12 base units. Among young drivers, the winners will be workers who are the first to transport 1 thousand tons and 2 thousand tons of the new harvest grain. The competition is designed to motivate young workers for timely and high-quality harvesting, increase the efficiency of agricultural machinery use, and is also aimed at promoting advanced production experience and popularizing agricultural professions among young people, Valery Kunashko added. -0-