MOZYR, 6 November (BelTA) - The construction and development of roads and bridges is the most critical task of the state, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said during a grand ceremony to inaugurate the renovated bridge over the Pripyat River in Mozyr, BelTA has learned.
“Bridges and roads are the most vital task of the state. The state must focus on infrastructure development,” Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized.
In other words, the state creates conditions and opportunities for people to develop, live, and work. Figuratively speaking, it provides the fishing rod, but people must “catch the fish” themselves. “The road is here. Please, drive your personal car or use public transport. Here is a piece of land, please build a house and grow. If there is an opportunity, we will provide some assistance with housing and so on,” the president said.
Similarly, according to the head of state, enterprises and business entities should operate, relying primarily on their own strength, working, developing, and delivering results, rather than idly waiting for assistance or solutions to their problems from the state.
Aleksandr Lukashenko explained that the state faces broader tasks overall, including ensuring security and creating conditions for the effective functioning of the economy. The external situation further adds to the difficulties. “The situation is not simple. People need to understand this. The West, together with the Americans, has decided to come after us. Sanctions, sanctions, sanctions... To build this bridge, we somehow needed to find means somewhere bit by bit and get this project done," the head of state noted.
The same applies to the agricultural sector. Local authorities must independently resolve local issues, while the state is responsible for overall infrastructure, monitoring land use, and, for example, conducting land reclamation works, which is particularly relevant for the Pripyat region.
“No one, no private individual, will build canals and structures,” Aleksandr Lukashenko noted. “No one will, except the state. This is why we have focused on land reclamation.” This primarily concerns the restoration of the reclamation systems that were built during the Soviet times. “Of course, we should have started this work earlier, but there were always difficulties, including financial ones. We have somewhat neglected these issues. And I saw that land aws becoming unusable, overgrown with scrub. These [reclamation] canals were getting overgrown. We had to tackle this issue head-on. Therefore, land reclamation is an issue of primary importance,” the president emphasized.
Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that, while traveling from Minsk to Gomel Oblast, he inspected the state of agricultural practices and the condition of land and farmlands from a helicopter and was generally satisfied with what he saw. “I can't find fault with anything, except that fields in low-lying areas have been abandoned and are not being worked on. This is bad,” the head of state remarked. He noted that even plots of 5 to 10 hectares remain unused, essentially abandoned, at a time when the state is investing significant funds in land reclamation to make lands suitable for agricultural use.
The president warned that his inspection of the districts in Gomel Oblast is not yet over: “I will still review all the districts here. Both Yelsk, and Narovlyany, and Lechchitsy further south. I will see how people are working.”
“Bridges and roads are the most vital task of the state. The state must focus on infrastructure development,” Aleksandr Lukashenko emphasized.
In other words, the state creates conditions and opportunities for people to develop, live, and work. Figuratively speaking, it provides the fishing rod, but people must “catch the fish” themselves. “The road is here. Please, drive your personal car or use public transport. Here is a piece of land, please build a house and grow. If there is an opportunity, we will provide some assistance with housing and so on,” the president said.
Similarly, according to the head of state, enterprises and business entities should operate, relying primarily on their own strength, working, developing, and delivering results, rather than idly waiting for assistance or solutions to their problems from the state.
Aleksandr Lukashenko explained that the state faces broader tasks overall, including ensuring security and creating conditions for the effective functioning of the economy. The external situation further adds to the difficulties. “The situation is not simple. People need to understand this. The West, together with the Americans, has decided to come after us. Sanctions, sanctions, sanctions... To build this bridge, we somehow needed to find means somewhere bit by bit and get this project done," the head of state noted.
The same applies to the agricultural sector. Local authorities must independently resolve local issues, while the state is responsible for overall infrastructure, monitoring land use, and, for example, conducting land reclamation works, which is particularly relevant for the Pripyat region.
“No one, no private individual, will build canals and structures,” Aleksandr Lukashenko noted. “No one will, except the state. This is why we have focused on land reclamation.” This primarily concerns the restoration of the reclamation systems that were built during the Soviet times. “Of course, we should have started this work earlier, but there were always difficulties, including financial ones. We have somewhat neglected these issues. And I saw that land aws becoming unusable, overgrown with scrub. These [reclamation] canals were getting overgrown. We had to tackle this issue head-on. Therefore, land reclamation is an issue of primary importance,” the president emphasized.
Aleksandr Lukashenko noted that, while traveling from Minsk to Gomel Oblast, he inspected the state of agricultural practices and the condition of land and farmlands from a helicopter and was generally satisfied with what he saw. “I can't find fault with anything, except that fields in low-lying areas have been abandoned and are not being worked on. This is bad,” the head of state remarked. He noted that even plots of 5 to 10 hectares remain unused, essentially abandoned, at a time when the state is investing significant funds in land reclamation to make lands suitable for agricultural use.
The president warned that his inspection of the districts in Gomel Oblast is not yet over: “I will still review all the districts here. Both Yelsk, and Narovlyany, and Lechchitsy further south. I will see how people are working.”
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