On April 20, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. On the day of the republican subbotnik, enterprises of the Vitebsk region intend to produce industrial products worth almost Br10 billion, the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee's Economy Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. It is expected that half a million residents of the region will take part in the subbotnik: employees of enterprises and organizations, students, public activists, and pensioners. According to preliminary data, the volume of contract work to be carried out by volunteers is estimated at Br2 billion. Volunteers will be engaged in the improvement of social facilities and the cleaning of territories. Among the main sites of the subbotnik, the Committee named the Park of Winners and the "Marko-City" shopping and entertainment center in Vitebsk. In Beshenkovichi District, the main focus will be on the Ostrovno Station of Young Technicians, and in Vitebsk District, on the Voronovsky Boarding School. It is planned that during the subbotnik, utility workers, together with residents, will plant 2.5 thousand trees and 3.6 thousand shrubs on the grounds of apartment buildings and in courtyards alone. The region's forests will also become cleaner: cleaning of 23 hectares of forest areas near roads, cottage settlements, and populated areas from garbage is planned. Foresters of the region plan to plant more than 400 hectares of new forests. -0-

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