Lukashenko instructed to sell empty land plots in Minsk Region
Accepting the Chairman of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee, Aleksandr Turchin, with a report, the Belarusian Head of State noted that today many people want to move to Minsk but it was agreed earlier that the capital should not be overpopulated, because during rush hours we will face the same problems that Moscow did
“Therefore, the negative experience of our Russian brothers should be taken into account and we should try not to pull the whole country to Minsk,” said Aleksandr Lukashenko. “We started to reduce the number of square metres of housing but this does not mean that we will curtail the construction programmes in Minsk in general. We can’t get away from this, as labour resources will be needed, since it is a large industrial city and the capital after all... However, it is necessary to significantly reduce so as not to overpopulate Minsk and not to create inconveniences for residents.”
Taking into account this factor, many people decided to build their housing beyond the borders of the ring road, having bought vacant land plots in the villages. Nevertheless, the Belarusian President noted that there are still enough such areas. If earlier people did not want to build on slopes or other inconvenient locations, now these land plots are in great demand, “I don’t understand why they are empty here,” said Aleksandr Lukashenko. “These plots should be immediately sold to people, without offending local population, those who have lived in these villages for decades. Then it will be possible to tackle the allocation of some additional land plots, if we again need a concentration of labour resources in the Minsk Region.”
The Head of State recalled that the corresponding satellite towns were previously identified for Minsk: Dzerzhinsk, Smolevichi, Logoisk, Rudensk, etc.
“There we will carry out construction, from there it is easy to get to Minsk. But we are also creating jobs there and will continue to do this. For example, Dzerzhinsk (I will visit it in spring and will see) should be a pilot project in the region. It is necessary to bring this town into order and, if necessary, to create additional jobs.
