GRODNO, 16 June (BelTA) – The procedure for selling vacant land plots in rural areas to individuals will be simplified. Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko made the statement while talking to employees of OAO Grodno Azot on 16 June, BelTA has learned.
One of the employees wondered whether a government program may be launched after the nuclear power plant is commissioned in order to improve access to electricity in allotment associations (dacha communities) so that proper homes could be built in those land plots eventually.
Aleksandr Lukashenko welcomed the suggestion. He noted that when he was in Polotsk he mentioned that land plots in the countryside had become particularly popular due to the pandemic. “Moreover, by the end of the year we intend to allow selling abandoned houses in so-called unpromising villages, in agrotowns or individual farmsteads to people for a song. They will be free to occupy them, build their little houses or restore old ones in some places. It will be encouraged,” the head of state said.
“The pandemic has taught us a lot and we will act accordingly. I want you to live in your own land,” Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed.
Aleksandr Lukashenko also spoke about the construction of the Belarusian nuclear power plant. “Let's talk about electricity. Those alternative presidential candidates, as I call them, suggest shutting down the nuclear power plant. They suggest borrowing ten billion from Europe to pay off Russia. I'd say there can be nothing more stupid than that,” the president said.
Aleksandr Lukashenko stressed that there are many nuclear power plants near Belarusian borders already. “We should have one of our own. If recklessness had not happened in Chernobyl, there would have been no explosion. We will try to do our best to make our nuclear power plant work,” Aleksandr Lukashenko noted.
According to Aleksandr Lukashenko, it will be possible to export electricity while electricity will be in demand in Belarus as well. Incentives have been legislated to encourage the use of electricity for heating, hot water, and cooking. Measures are being implemented to encourage the use of electric transport. “This is why electricity will be in demand, in particular, people will need it. It is the right question to ask, a question with future in mind, and we are going to act in this direction,” the Belarusian leader concluded.
