The regional plan of events for the Year of Improvement includes numerous labour campaigns and task forces aimed at the enhancement of memorials, memorable and significant sites, and the greening of settlement territories. The repair and construction of the street and road network, parking lots and car parks, sports and children's playgrounds will continue. Important areas include ensuring the operation of water supply systems, bringing unused land plots into economic circulation, and tidying up production facilities. The initiated and upcoming tasks were discussed at the press conference "Improvement with an Emphasis on Quality" at the Vitebsk Region Media Centre.
Improvement is a common cause that everyone must rally for. Only together can we create and preserve a comfortable, cosy, and beautiful living environment around us.
IT WAS SAID:
The month of improvement currently underway in the Vitebsk region will conclude with a republican subbotnik (volunteer work day). The funds raised will be transferred to the construction of the National Historical Museum of Belarus.
The opening of the Flag and Emblem Square in the regional centre will take place as part of the celebration of the Day of the State Flag, State Emblem, and State Anthem of the Republic of Belarus.
In commemoration of Orsha's nomination for the CIS honorary title "City of Labour Glory. 1941–1945", a public garden and a stele "Orsha – City of Labour Glory" will be beautified.
Calculated until December
– A schedule for the improvement of landmark sites in the region has been approved – at least one per month, – said Dmitry Petrusha, Deputy Chairman of the Regional Executive Committee. – It is calculated until December. The measures are aimed at landscaping territories, developing parks and public gardens, improving memorial sites, and recreational areas – eco-trails, springs.
For example, in spring, a public garden will be established in honor of the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory in Chashniki, and a park with an Alley of Memory at the Mound of Glory in the Gluboksky district. Hundreds of trees will be planted at the memorial complex "Fifth Regiment" in Vitebsk, and in June, a memorial sign to the victims of the genocide of the Belarusian people will be unveiled here. In May, a monument will be erected at the military burial site in the village of Paulyie, Ushachsky district…
This is a basic plan, which may be supplemented with other activities during its implementation.
Vitebsk region will not be limited to the spring republican subbotnik. Throughout the year, they will be organized at all levels, from regional to district and city.
Interaction is invited
– We plan to repair 1.3 million square meters of roads, which is almost 30% more than the actual figure for 2023, – Yuri Dyadyolo, Head of the Main Department of Housing and Communal Services of the Regional Executive Committee, outlined the tasks for the street and road network of settlements. – We will replace 13.7 thousand LED streetlights. This provides 50-60% energy savings and ensures better lighting.
The region plans to build 11 new iron removal stations, 195 mini-stations, as well as equip 25 and repair more than 280 children's sports and playgrounds.
Many residents of apartment buildings are willing to participate in tidying up the territories of their homes. Utility services are ready to meet them halfway, providing work tools, soil, transport, and planting material. To organize interaction, initiators can contact their housing and maintenance departments.
Ecologists on Alert
– The plans for the Year of Improvement for the northern region are ambitious: the planting of 30 thousand trees, 28 thousand shrubs, and 3.5 million flower seedlings are planned, – emphasized Anna Galuzo, Deputy Chairperson of the Committee for Natural Resources and Environmental Protection. – All districts have actively joined the work. A Unified Greening Day will be held. It is time to renew the trees planted in the courtyards by representatives of the pre-war and post-war generations.
Creating a favorable living environment is not only about planting greenery. It involves carrying out environmental protection campaigns, including those with the participation of public ecologists: "Let's Do It," "Clean Forest," "Clean Water Body."
We are strengthening efforts to prevent the formation and eliminate unauthorized landfills, the burning of dry vegetation, and to ensure compliance with the regimes of economic activity in water protection zones and coastal strips.
Based on Citizens' Proposals
– The most important and valuable aspect of civil initiative projects is that their authors and implementers are the people themselves, – stated Ekaterina Lazovskaya, Director of the Executive Directorate of the Regional Association of Local Councils of Deputies. – All of them have public significance, and 90% are related to improvement.
In 2024, 23 projects were submitted to the association for consideration, 16 were recognized as the best and have already been implemented locally. In 2025, 64 projects were presented, 15 of which will receive funding of about 400 thousand rubles for implementation. Which ones exactly will be announced in the coming days.
Addresses of Transformation
– The district has decided to assign organisations to public lands, village councils, and war graves, – reported the Chairperson of the Orsha District Executive Committee, Inna Khomutovskaya. – We have identified 10 landmark sites for district clean-up events. These include: Heroes' Park, the Emblem and Flag Square, Yakubovsky Park, and the beach in Kopys urban-type settlement.
Improvements will cover significant sites such as the children's park, the beach on Korotkevich Street, and the bridge on Shklovskaya Street in the district centre. The construction of a patriotic club will continue. The agro-town of Smolyany will be transformed for the district festival-fair of rural workers.
Driven by requests
– Local authorities are conducting extensive explanatory work with the public to involve them in implementing the tasks of the Year of Improvement, – said the Chairperson of the Lepel District Council of Deputies, Igor Urban. – We want the residents of our region to be proud of their history. To this end, in the village of Borovka, we are erecting a monumental monument in honour of the cadets and commanders of the local infantry and mortar schools who bore the brunt of the heavy fighting in 1941.
In the same Borovka, a beach is needed: in the summer, up to a hundred people relax daily on Lake Shchibot. We are carrying out preparatory work to grant official status to the informal recreation area. We have cleaned the bottom, installed waste collection containers, a changing room, and other improvement elements – all funded by self-taxation.
To minimise strenuous manual labour, the district has acquired a sweeping and cleaning machine and a municipal vacuum cleaner. Maintaining order has become easier and faster, and the freed-up personnel can be involved in work in other areas.
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