10 October, Vitebsk /Olga Bogacheva - BELTA/. Phased connection of heat supply to residential buildings has begun in the Vitebsk region, reported the first deputy head of the housing and communal services department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, Sergey Putilovsky, to a BELTA correspondent. "Taking into account the predicted temperature drop in the near future, the operational group of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee made a decision on October 9 to switch on heating in the region's residential buildings, without waiting for the officially established deadline," noted Sergey Putilovsky. Heat will be supplied to the homes of residents of the Vitebsk region this week. The connection of heat supply will be carried out in stages over three days. The following week will be dedicated to hydraulic adjustment of the systems. Industrial, administrative, and office buildings will be the last to be connected to the heat supply. In the current heating season, 448 heat sources will be in operation in the Vitebsk region. All major preparatory work for them has been completed. Work is being finalized to convert five boiler houses to local types of fuel with mechanized loading at heat sources in the settlements of Babinichi, Orsha district (two boilers with a capacity of 3 MW each are being installed), Liozno (a 2 MW boiler), Beshenkovichi (2 boilers with a total capacity of 5 MW), at the Central Boiler House in Borovka, Lepel district (two boilers of 2 MW each), and in Polotsk (two boilers of 3 MW each). The commissioning of a 2 MW cogeneration unit in the settlement of Ruba near Vitebsk is planned for early November. A sufficient volume of fuel has been procured for the inter-seasonal period, and its reserves are being replenished.-0-

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