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Lukashenko urges Orsha to use more of its own resources

28.08.2020 Orsha should more actively use its own resources for local development, Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during his working trip to Orsha on 28 August.

“There is nothing to be proud of yet. You are still living at the expense of the state. Do not think that we will carry Orsha on our shoulders through the next five-year period, too. You will have to pull your socks up,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

Vitebsk Oblast Governor Nikolai Sherstnev told the president that the overall situation in the region has not changed a lot; the region is operating steadily; the social and economic situation is not tense. Aleksandr Lukashenko asked about progress in the construction industry, agriculture, manufacturing, transport and communications, oil processing, as well as expectations regarding gross regional product by the end of the year. This figure is expected to be 1-2% behind the target.

The head of state was told about the construction of new agricultural facilities in the region. Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized that decisions on building farms should be made on the ground. “Why do you raise this matter at the level of the president? You want to transfer power down from the top. Go ahead and take this power. Why should the president decide whether a collective farm will build something with the help of its own people or another organization,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

The head of state visited the Savushkin-Orsha company in the city. The president studied the company's performance and talked to the staff. He offered his vision of the development of the region. “A lot has been done for this city, and this is not because it is my native land, but because its development model was supposed to become an example for other similar cities (Borisov, Molodechno, Baranovichi and others). We are following the path we started in Orsha. Next year we will finish this saga and you will have to show concrete results,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said. “I know that you still need to do something, to build something, but you will do it on your own with a little support from the state. Besides Orsha, we have district capitals, urban-type settlements and agro-towns to improve, and there is a lot of work there,” the president said.

One of the employees asked the president to take the construction of a polyclinic in the Zadneprovie-3 residential neighborhood under control. According to the local authorities, the construction of the healthcare facility will be financed by the central and regional budgets; the polyclinic is scheduled to be commissioned in 2023.

The head of state noted that this should be a no-frills project. “We will build so many polyclinics that they will not be used to their full capacity. This polyclinic project should be optimal,” he said. “If we have planned this project, we will accomplish it,” the head of state added.

BelTA.

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