On April 12 at a regional meeting at Tatarstan Government House held by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Municipal Economy Irek Faizullin said that 753, 000 m² (31.4 per cent of the annual plan) of housing were commissioned in Tatarstan as of April 11.
He reminded that under the programme of relocation of citizens from shabby houses, information concerning all houses located on the republic should be presented in the system of State Housing Fund of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan to provide housing under social mortgage programme.
Reporting on social mortgage programme, Irek Faizullin said that 24 houses with total area of 69.3 thousand m² were commissioned as of April 11.
As for rental housing, 11 houses with total area of 41, 492 m² will be constructed in 2014, including 8 houses for Innopolis employees in Verkhny Uslon region, a 119-apartment house for IT park employees in Naberezhnye Chelny, 156-apartment house for employees of SEZ “Alabuga”, and 44-apartment house in Zhurnalistov st. (Kazan).
Besides, a 64-apartment house and cottage township with total area of 11, 421 m² for employees of SEZ “Alabuga” are under construction.
Concerning construction of investment housing, 33 of 121 multi-apartment houses have been built.
Summing up, Rustam Minnikhanov asked to organize double-shift work during the construction season, that is especially important for strategic objects, such as SEZ “Innopolis”.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
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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.