About 150 public recreation areas have been identified in the Vitebsk region

June 6, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. About 150 public recreation areas have been designated this summer in the Vitebsk region, Vladimir Sinkevich, chief physician of the Vitebsk Regional Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Public Health, told a BELTA correspondent. The recreation areas designated for public recreation are managed by 102 business entities. In May, specialists from territorial centers for hygiene and epidemiology conducted almost 250 inspections of recreation areas, during which various violations were identified in 114 of them. "When assessing the readiness of public recreation areas for the summer season, special attention was paid to the availability and condition of toilets, trash cans, container sites and containers for solid municipal waste collection, changing cabins, and the organization of sanitary cleaning and landscaping of territories," noted Vladimir Sinkevich. The main violations identified during inspections included failure to repair container sites, absence of changing cabins, need for toilet cleaning, mowing of weeds, and littering of territories. Based on the identified violations, six fines totaling almost Br2.2 million were imposed on the responsible persons. 94 orders to eliminate violations were issued to the administrations of enterprises (52.1% of which have been fulfilled). 19 materials were sent to district executive committees for response, and 84 to interested departments. Active work is being carried out with the public through the media to ensure order in public recreation areas. "After all, the proper condition of recreation areas and their maintenance in a well-kept state largely depends on the attitude of vacationers," emphasized the chief sanitary doctor of the region, urging everyone to behave with dignity during and after their rest. Vladimir Sinkevich also added that no decisions to restrict or ban swimming have been made yet. Throughout May, 254 water samples were tested in the region, and the results overwhelmingly met hygienic standards. -0-