Village lighting programme to be implemented in Tatarstan
21 September 2013, Saturday
On September 21 at a weekly meeting at Tatarstan Government House, Tatarstan Minister of Construction, Architecture and Municipal Economy Irek Faizullin reported on Tatarstan Housing Construction Programme for 2014.
According to the Minister, the programme for 2014 has been drawn up to the extent of 2 mln 399 thousand square meters, including 418.8 thousand square meters under the social mortgage programme, 992.8 thousand square meters under the multi-apartment housing investment programme, and 987.4 thousand square meters under the low-rise housing construction programme.
It was further mentioned that 136 houses for 7 thousand 208 apartments under the social mortgage programme and 98 investment houses for 10 thousand 534 apartments are expected to be commissioned. More than 10 thousand houses will be built under the low-rise housing construction programme.
The Minister also reported on the situation regarding 98 multi-apartment investment houses to be built in 2014.
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov added it is necessary to plan works for 2014 right now. He also said that the programme on providing lighting in villages and townships would be implemented in Tatarstan.
On 12 April in his address to residents of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated them with the Space Exploration Day and said: “April 12, 1961 has forever been inscribed into the world history as the day of triumph of the Soviet science and engineering thought. The flight of Yuriy Gagarin opened the way to the stars for the humankind and demonstrated to the whole world the might of our country.
On 4 April , speaking at a closing ceremony of the XX Russian Venture Forum held at the Kazan Expo Exhibition Center, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian Venture Forum has confirmed its status of the point of attraction of technological development leaders.
The Forum created a unified scientific, technological and investment space where scientific ideas are transformed into competitive products, and startups gain access to capital and markets. Its business programme is organically integrated into the regional and federal agenda for achieving technological sovereignty and leadership of Russia, he said.
On 1 April Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Russian Minister of Healthcare Mikhail Murashko introduced Ayrat Farrakhov, who was appointed the Acting Rector of Kazan State Medical University (KSMU) to its staff.
In his speech Mikhail Murashko emphasized that today KSMU is rightfully considered one of the most respected in the country and said:”Ayrat (Zakievich) has been officially appointed the Acting Rector and I am sure that under his leadership the University will maintain the positions it has achieved and, of course, will continue its development.”
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.