Main Department of Housing and Communal Services: The heating season has ended in the Vitebsk region
The heating season in the Vitebsk region is ending on April 25-26 - heat supply will be cut off for almost all categories of consumers, as reported by the main department of housing and communal services of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee.
Most districts of the northern region switched their heat sources for administrative buildings and housing stock to summer operation mode from April 25. Others are shutting off heating today. "In the region, for three days from April 19 to 21, the average daily air temperature was plus 8 degrees Celsius and above. The working group on optimizing heat supply modes recommended that all district executive committees disconnect heat supply," the housing and communal services department said, adding that kindergartens, schools, hospitals, and boarding schools continue to be heated in the regions.
Preparations for the next heating season in the Vitebsk region have already begun. In the spring-summer period, it is planned to replace about 44 km of heating networks in the housing and communal services system, and materials are currently being purchased. Preparatory work has begun at some facilities, in particular at two facilities that will switch to using local types of fuel - wood chips. This concerns the PTL boiler house in Postavy and the central boiler house in Tolochin, where the dismantling of depreciated equipment is being carried out.
At the same time, wood fuel is being prepared. According to the plan, it is necessary to stock about 300 thousand dense cubic meters of firewood and wood chips. The task will be completed by the beginning of the next heating season. Routine maintenance work on the housing stock, heating networks, and boiler houses continues.
The current heating season in the northern region started on September 20.