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Sergei Sidorskiy: 240 agro-towns to be set up in Belarus in 2006

This year 240 agro-towns will be set up in Belarus or 100 agro-towns more than in 2005, prime minister of this republic Sergei Sidorskiy told reporters today in the course of his working visit to Gomel oblast. Intensification of the work on implementing the village revival program will task the government and local authorities with additional assignments. Nevertheless, the tasks set by the head of state will be undoubtedly fulfilled, the prime minister noted. At the same time, special attention will be paid to technical revamp and development of the social infrastructure in the rural areas. The living conditions of villagers will be brought closer to the ones of city-dwellers to the maximum, Sergei Sidorskiy underlined. The big workload requires economical spending of the state funds. According to the prime minister, the record of the agricultural company Druzhba-Avtiuki of the Kalinkovichi region can serve as a good example in this field. Besides, today the head of the Belarusian government visited the administrative center of Druzhba-Avtiuki – the village of Syrod. Last year a school, a library, a center of consumer services and shops were thoroughly repaired in the village. Besides, reconstruction of these facilities costs much less than construction of new ones. Other regions of Gomel oblast take the same moves. All regions of the republic should learn from this experience, the prime minister considers.