This year, 62 agro-towns will appear in the Vitebsk region

August 4, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. In the Vitebsk region, 62 agro-towns will be established this year, as reported to BELTA correspondent by Alexander Kireev, Deputy Head of the Reform and State Property Department of the Committee for Agriculture and Food. The largest number of agro-towns in 2010 will be commissioned in Braslavsky (6), Orshansky (6), and Senno (5) districts. One agro-town each will be opened in Rossony, Ushachi, Shumilino, and Gorodok districts. According to the results of January-June, 233 facilities have already been equipped in the new agro-towns. By the end of the year, their number will increase to 1787. A total of Br231 billion is planned to be allocated for the implementation of work on the creation of social and production infrastructure in 2010. As of July 30, the utilization of funds amounted to Br65.8 billion. In total, within the framework of the State Program for the Revival and Development of the Village for 2005-2010, 254 agro-towns will be equipped in the Vitebsk region, 192 of which have been commissioned over the past four years of the state program's operation. In order to further develop rural settlements, including agro-towns, a State Program for the Development of Rural Territories for 2011-2015 is currently being developed. -0-