On August 19, at a briefing at Tatarstan Government House, Tatarstan Minister of Construction Irek Faizullin reported that as of August 15, 2014, 11,833 of 16,446 multi-apartment houses are ready for the next heating season in Tatarstan, which makes 80 per cent.

The Minister also reported on the readiness of social and cultural facilities for the heating season. In particular, he said that the work on the replacement of obsolete and worn-out boilers at social and cultural facilities is underway. The boilers will be replaced at 212 facilities in 30 municipalities. The Minister said that 380 of 383 boilers have been installed.

This year, the programme to replace street light poles in rural settlements was launched in Tatarstan. As much as 225 million roubles were allocated for its implementation.

The Minister reminded that this year 793 houses with an area of 4.8 million square meters were included in the capital repair programme. It is planned to include about 800 houses in the next year’s programme.

The speaker also said that 159 secondary schools are being repaired. The major repair works include repair of roofs, engineering services, facades, replacement of windows and bathrooms, etc. Currently, the repair works are in the final stage at 95 schools. All the school facilities will be ready by September 1, Irek Faizullin assured.