Rustam Minnikhanov: The preparation for the heating season is very hard work requiring a systematic approach

On May 31, at the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin held a meeting of the regional Cabinet of Ministers, which summed up the results of work of energy, housing and utilities companies of the republic during the previous heating season and set tasks for the next heating season. Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in the meeting.

Pesoshin noted that due to well-coordinated work almost all energy, housing and utilities companies completed the preparation for the autumn-winter period of 2017/2018 as scheduled.

Making a keynote report, Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Utilities of the republic Irek Faizullin informed the meeting that last year the heating season started on September 25, 2017 and ended on May 18, 2018, lasting 235 days in the republic.

According to Faizullin, there were no major accidents, but there were some temporary heat outages during the heating period, during which homes of the local residents were always kept warm. 

Faizullin stressed that the preparation for winter depends directly on how people pay for energy resources. As of May 1, 2018, utilities organizations have 528 million roubles of overdue debts for gas. As compared to the same period last year, the amount of debts decreased by 39 million roubles, he said. 

The preparation for the heating season is very hard work, requiring a systematic approach by all agencies involved,  Minnikhanov stressed speaking at the meeting.