During the beautification of a mass grave near the village of Pyatevshchina in Minsk District as part of the nationwide community clean-up day (subbotnik), Prime Minister Aleksandr Turchin told reporters how the strategy for the development of land reclamation in Belarus will be shaped going forward.
Aleksandr Turchin recalled that this topic had been discussed by the Government quite recently: a conference took place literally on 17 April to discuss land reclamation measures. “We have already carried out quite a lot of work on reclaimed land in the country. Very complicated land plots with poor soil quality scores remain. We’ve made a suggestion to the President and he backed it up. We suggest that we could channel these resources toward putting in order not only reclaimed land but also ordinary land,” the Prime Minister noted.
According to the Head of Government, this year and the next one it is necessary to intensively address this matter while still working on reclaimed land where it is effective.
“But as for reconstruction, a lot of money is at stake. It is necessary to approach it very cautiously and carry out reconstruction where it will produce an economic effect,” the Prime Minister summarized.
The Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers, and the leadership of the Council of Ministers Office are working on 18 April to landscape a mass grave where 45 soldiers of the Red Army and partisans are buried. They fell in battles during the defense of the village of Pyatevshchina in June 1941 and during its liberation in June 1944.
The funds earned from the spring community clean-up day will be channeled toward the creation of a permanent exhibition at the National History Museum of Belarus, which is currently under construction, as well as other related work.
