Candidate for Deputy Prime Minister Novak: Russia is 74 percent gasified
Today, Russia has reached a gasification level of almost 74 percent, candidate for Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexander Novak said during a speech in the State Duma, reports TASS.
Thus, Russia finds itself in first or second place in terms of gasification in the world, he added. According to Novak, gasification in the country will continue in new regions, Murmansk, Irkutsk, Amur regions, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Transbaikalia, Buryatia and the Jewish Autonomous Region.
Under the social gasification program, about 1.2 million contracts were concluded, 950 thousand of which were executed up to the boundaries of the plots. Under this program, 550 thousand households are already receiving gas.
Earlier it became known that the Russian authorities are going to allocate an additional billion rubles for free gasification of the population. According to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, this money will be sent to 57 regions with low budgetary support.
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