In the Vitebsk region, over Br220 million was allocated for the organization of a barrier-free environment in the first half of the year.

July 30, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. In the Vitebsk region, over Br220 million was allocated for the organization of a barrier-free environment in the first half of the current year, the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Labor, Employment and Social Protection Committee informed BELTA. The main volume of financing was carried out at the expense of sectoral and departmental funds. In six months, 230 facilities were equipped with elements of a barrier-free environment in the region, or 64% of the regional program's plan. The share of social infrastructure facilities that meet the established norms was 48%. At the same time, the greatest attention is paid to the work on organizing a barrier-free environment in the Chashniksky and Orshansky districts, Polotsk and Novopolotsk, and in terms of sectors - in the areas of housing and communal services, social protection, and transport. Thus, from January to June, 36 low-floor buses were purchased (against a plan of 27). The implementation of all measures was carried out in accordance with the regional program "Barrier-free environment for the life of physically challenged persons for 2007-2010", developed on the basis of the relevant state program. In total, over Br665 million is planned to be allocated to it this year from all sources of financing. -0-