Half a million m² of housing to be commissioned by April 1 in Tatarstan
23 March 2012, Friday
60 thousand m² of housing are planned to be commissioned in Tatarstan by the end of first quarter 2012. Total area of housing commissioned for three months should make 540 thousand m².
Such a data has been cited at a republican video conference meeting held by the Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov.
Opening the meeting, head of republic reminded that the construction plan 2012 implies commissioning of 2,48 mln m² of housing in Tatarstan. 482 thousand m² (19 % of the annual plan) have been commissioned for March 22.
First deputy Minister of construction, architecture, housing and utilities Farit Khanifov reported that 540 thousand m² of housing have been constructed in Tatarstan by April 1, 2011.
Speaking about the program of providing housing for WWII veterans President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov informed that 16961 veterans have now been registered in the program. 15558 of them have received subsidies.
According to Farit Khanifov, construction of 158 houses for 643 WWII veterans is being implemented in republic.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials
On 24 April in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin held a joint meeting the Council for Enforcement of Legislation of Languages of Tatarstan and the organizational committee for celebrations of the 140th birthday of Gabdulla Tukay which summarized results of work of the regional law enforcement on official languages of the republic and considered progress of the implementation of the plan of main events for preparation and celebration of the 140th birthday of Gabdulla Tukay .