1,970,800 square meters of housing or 82.2 per cent of the annual plan commissioned in Tatarstan

On November 8, speaking at a regional video conference with participation of all municipal regions held by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov at Tatarstan Government House Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing and Utilities Services of the republic Irek Faizullin reported that 1,970,800 square meters of housing or 82.2 per cent of the annual plan have been commissioned in Tatarstan as of November 7.

He also said that 94 houses with a total area of 253,700 square meters for 4,351 apartments have been commissioned under social mortgage programme in the republic.

Faizullin went on to say that 52 houses with a total area of 52,913 square meters are planned to be built under the rental housing construction programme in 2014. As of today, 40 houses with a total area of 14,131 square meters have been put into operation.

The Minister of Construction made a detailed report on implementation of the programme of construction of pre-school facilities in the republic in 2014.

Irek Faizullin also reported on the work of regulatory agencies, self-regulatory organizations and executive committees done to carry out weekly inspections for compliance with the labor protection requirements at construction sites. The Inspectorate of the State Construction Supervision has conducted 861 inspections and imposed 461 fines for violations of safety standards totaling to 17 million 666 thousand roubles since the beginning of the year.

Issues related to implementation of the programme of relocation of residents from shabby houses were also discussed at the meeting.