Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko gave a number of additional instructions on further development of Mogilev during his working trip on 6 June, BelTA has learned.
“Well done. The city needs to be beautiful,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said after hearing out the report of Mogilev Mayor Vladimir Tsumarev.
The head of state added that improvement works had also been carried out in other regional centers, whose residents have something to be proud of.
A separate topic was various projects to develop urban infrastructure, which were implemented in Mogilev in 2017-2020. For example, many objects of the road network (Chausy, Minsk highways, a bridge and an overpass over the railway on Mir Avenue) as well as social infrastructure (Palace of Culture, tennis courts and a football arena, secondary school No.46, a maternity hospital of the Mogilev Emergency Medical Care Hospital) have been overhauled.
The president got familiar with the city's plans for construction and design of a number of objects. Among them are the cardio-surgery building of the Mogilev Oblast Hospital, a clinic in the Kazimirovka neighborhood, a sport center with swimming pools in the Fatina neighborhood as well as the construction of the overpass in Yakubovskogo Street. As for the latter, Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized the sources of financing, noting that the funds saved during the reconstruction of other roads in the country can be used to build this overpass.
The head of state was informed about the work carried out and planned for the improvement of the Podnikolye landscaping and recreational complex. Plans are in place to install equipment of sport and children playgrounds, an ice rink with a park pavilion, a rope camp, an amusement park, a beach area and a tourist complex. “The earlier, the better. There are many people who would like to visit. Why not develop?” the president commented on the initiative to build a tourist complex.
“Now it is necessary to unite all this so that the city would be an integral complex. We need to do something else over the next five years to make the citizens of Mogilev proud,” the Belarusian leader said while speaking to people during his visit to St. Nicholas Monastery.
Aleksandr Lukashenko shared his memories that during his studies in Mogilev he also visited the area of Podnikolye, but then these places were in a completely unsightly state. “It was a dump,” he said.
He noted that Mogilev and Brest were once falling behind in terms of improvement, unlike Gomel, Vitebsk or Grodno. “However, a lot has already been done to revive Brest and Mogilev. We still need to do a lot,” said Aleksandr Lukashenko.
The president made a special emphasis on the industrial sector of the city, instructing to carry out an audit and decide how to use the idle production space. “It is impossible to lose these industrial sites. There will be investors that will be happy to come to Mogilev to work,” Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed.
Aleksandr Lukashenko was briefed on the social and economic development of Mogilev Oblast. In January-April 2020, the oblast achieved good performance in agricultural production (103% compared to the same period last year), construction (101.8%), and retail trade (104.2%).