In rural shops of the Vitebsk region, the sale of alcohol will be banned until lunchtime during the sowing season

April 9, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. In rural shops of the Vitebsk region, the sale of alcohol will be banned until noon during the sowing period. This was announced today at a meeting of the regional executive committee by its chairman Alexander Kosinets, a BELTA correspondent reports. According to Alexander Kosinets, this will positively affect the quality and productivity of labor, as well as help reduce occupational injuries. In addition, the condition of machine operators will be monitored by mobile teams of medical workers and law enforcement officers specially created for this period. As the chairman of the regional executive committee noted, this decision was made based on an "unsatisfactory analysis of the work of rural shops," which showed that villagers are consuming more and more wine. The sowing campaign began in the region in early April. Alexander Kosinets instructed to complete it by April 20, given favorable weather conditions. 20 thousand hectares should be sown daily. "There are all the conditions for the fulfillment of this task: equipment, fuel, fertilizers," emphasized the chairman of the regional executive committee. -0-