Over Br40 billion will be allocated in the Vitebsk region for the preparation for the new heating season

May 3, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. Over Br40 billion will be allocated in the Vitebsk region for preparation for the new heating season. This was announced to a BELTA correspondent by Anatoly Sudak, head of the production and technical department of the housing and communal services department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee. Investments in the technical re-equipment of boiler houses will amount to Br15 billion. These funds will be used to modernize or replace 25 existing boilers, as well as to purchase 8 boilers with mechanized loading, operating on local fuels, with a total capacity of 31 MW. The equipment will be installed in Senno, Verkhnedvinsk, Braslav, Miory and Ushachi. The savings from its operation will amount to 7-8 million cubic meters of gas. In addition, a significant amount of work needs to be done to modernize the heating networks. Before winter, 100 km of heating networks will be replaced in the region. The amount of funding for these purposes is provided in the amount of Br28 billion. Housing and communal services enterprises must complete all preparatory work for the new heating season by October 1. The past heating season, which ended in the Vitebsk region at the end of April, was successful. Despite the harsh winter, there were no pipeline breaks or heating failures. A total of 247 thousand tons were consumed, including 107.9 thousand tons (43.7%) of local fuels. -0-