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In Tatarstan, the program for the overhaul repairing of the network of teenage clubs for 2019 was completed. Over the four years of the program’s existence, 114 objects were repaired throughout the republic in the amount of about 400 million rubles. In 2019, as in previous years, all work on the plan was completed - 26 teenage clubs opened after a major overhaul. 100 million rubles were allocated for the implementation of the program. In addition, over the year in Tatarstan, 11 buildings of agricultural departments and 22 objects of veterinary services were repaired in the amount of 50 million rubles.

The program to restore street lighting in rural areas in the republic began in 2014. The program includes: increasing the length of illuminated streets in rural areas, as well as the introduction of energy-efficient and energy-saving sources of street lighting. Since the implementation of the program, more than 2 thousand electricity metering panels and 68 thousand lamps have been installed. Over 1.5 thousand km of self-supporting insulated wires have been laid.  The financing of the program over the years amounted to more than 1 billion rubles. The state customer of the program is SPI “Fund for gasification, energy-saving technologies and development of engineering networks of the Republic of Tatarstan”.

FATTAKHOVA ALMIRA, a student at the DASHKA KSUAE Children's Design School, became the WINNER of the Dream School architectural and art competition for students in grades 9–10 of Russian secondary educational institutions, which was held on 24–26th of October, 2019 in Innopolis as part of the SECOND RUSSIAN YOUTH ARCHITECT Biennale

Of the 30 competitive projects developed by the finalists, four of the best works were awarded gold and silver prizes. Special prizes were awarded from the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation, the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan and two special mentions of the jury were awarded. The Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Tatarstan, Irek Fayzullin, in his welcoming speech noted: “To show the project on paper is only the beginning of the process and it must be brought to building structures. The experience that you got will be definitely come in handy. And we, for our part, are ready to provide support - We invite the winners of the Second Architectural Biennale to take part in the design of youth centers of the Republic of Tatarstan!”. Irek Envarovich presented a special prize of the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation to Ilya Obodovsky (Simferopol) and a special prize of the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan to Ksenia Vorobieva (Moscow).

In the Republic of Tatarstan, the program for the overhaul of apartment residential buildings in 2019 was completed by 97.9% of the total volume of work. Implementation according to monitoring of the housing stock (MHS) is 5 billion 387 million 625 thousand rubles. Such data were cited by the Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Tatarstan, Irek Fayzullin, at a republican meeting in the Government House of the Republic of Tatarstan today. As of the 24th of October, the overhaul of resource centers was completed at 13 out of 15 overhaul facilities. Work is underway at 2 facilities. Overhaul of children's recreation camps continues - on the 24th of October, work was completed at 4 out of 12 facilities. Work is ongoing at 8 facilities. The construction of feldsher-midwife stations has been completed at 40 out of 45 facilities. Construction is being carried out as part of the primary health care program for the population. Overhaul of social service institutions of the Republic of Tatarstan is ongoing. As of the 24th of October, work was completed at 29 sites out of 34. Work is continuing at five more sites. Overhaul of the premises of the municipal archives on the 24th of October was completed at 9 out of 13 sites.

Today we see that in the country and in the regions new approaches to working with industrial territories and new architectural projects are in demand. This was announced today by the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov at the second Russian youth architectural biennale. The theme of the second Russian youth architectural biennale was working with the architecture of the past - industrial buildings that are no longer used for their original purpose and must be adapted to new functions. Today we need such creative people, said Rustam Minnikhanov, referring to the participants of the Biennale, he also jokingly complained that he’s “cannot become an architect.” As for the industrial heritage, those sites that were previously given to factories, Since enterprises are located in many large cities in the center, today it is time to use them for the good of the city, for the good of people. Reorganization of industrial heritage is needed.

Today, the President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Minister of Construction, Housing and Public Utilities of the Russian Federation Vladimir Yakushev and Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Tatarstan Irek Fayzullin visited the Second Russian Youth Architectural Biennale. Before the plenary session “Potential of industrial territories for urban development. New approaches to work with the industrial heritage” officials inspected the exhibition and evaluated the projects of the participants. The final of the Second Russian Youth Biennale is held from 24th to 26th of October in the Innopolis. The founders of the event are the Ministry of Construction of Russia and the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan. This year, 739 participants from 6 countries and 53 cities showed up for the qualifying stage, which is almost two times more than at the First Biennale. Applications were submitted by young specialists up to 35 years old from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kazan, London, Miami, Delhi, Beijing and Pisa. From them, only 30 finalists were selected. The finalists presented projects for revitalizing the territories of the "Santekhpribor" plant and the port elevator located in Kazan. 'Santehpribor' is located in the former production quarter. Now the plant area is empty, despite the prospective location in close proximity to the city center. The facade of one of its buildings is an object of cultural heritage. The Kazan port elevator is located next to the River Port and can become another important place on the city map.

Today in Kazan took place a solemn transfer of new units of special equipment to the municipal services of the capital of the Republic. The event was attended by President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, Minister of Construction, Housing and Communal Services of Russia Vladimir Yakushev, Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Tatarstan Irek Fayzullin. Kazan utilities received 10 units of sweeping vacuum equipment. In addition, 2 more special vehicles were purchased, which will later be transferred to the cities of Elabuga and Chistopol. Recall that in 2018, 117 units of municipal equipment were purchased for the needs of the municipalities of the republic. In addition to the acquisition of new cars, in Tatarstan, the fleet of municipal vehicles is being restored. In the period 2017 - 2018, 81 KAMAZ vehicles were overhauled, including 25 vehicles converted to gas engine fuel.

Today, a meeting was held at the Government House of the Republic of Tatarstan on the issue of the transition of developers implementing housing projects in the Republic of Tatarstan to project financing using escrow accounts. The Minister of Construction, Housing and Communal Services of Russia Vladimir Yakushev, the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, the Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Tatarstan Irek Fayzullin, representatives of construction organizations took part in the work. The meeting was held with the connection in the mode of video conferencing of all municipal regions of the republic. Irek Fayzullin said that since 2011, more than 2 million square meters of housing has been commissioned annually in the republic. Structurally, housing commissioning volumes are divided into a social mortgage program - 19% of the annual commissioning volume, multi-unit investment housing - 35% and individual housing construction - 45%. The average living space per inhabitant of the republic in 2018 is 26.7 square meters.  According to the results of 2019, this indicator will reach 27.1 square meters. In accordance with the adjusted values ​​of the regional project "Housing" in the territory of Tatarstan in 2019 will be built 2 million 425 thousand square meters with prospective to 2024 to 3 million 648 thousand square meters. As for today, 1 million 837 thousand square meters of housing, which is 76% of the plan was commissioned. The speaker informed the meeting participants that today, 225 multi-apartment buildings with a total area of ​​3 million 338 thousand square meters are under construction in the republic, according to which 15 thousand 138 contracts for participation in shared construction were concluded.

Minister of Construction, Housing and Public Utilities of the Russian Federation Vladimir Yakushev arrived on a two-day working visit to the Republic of Tatarstan. The first event in the program of the federal minister’s stay in the republic was a visit to the "White Flowers" Boulevard, which was opened as part of the national project "Housing and Urban Environment". The President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services of the Republic of Tatarstan Irek Fayzullin accompanied the Minister of Construction, Housing and Public Utilities of the Russian Federation during the visiting the project on improvement. An important part of the project was the landscaping of the boulevard - more than 1000 large-sized trees and shrubs were planted on it. Throughout the space organized green islands. As Irek Fayzullin noted, in Kazan, as in other cities of the republic, large-scale improvement work has been ongoing for many years. For the period from 2015 to 2018, 328 objects (264 parks and squares, 43 embankments, 6 squares, 7 boulevards, 8 streets) totaling 8.6 billion rubles.