Ildar Khalikov: “I hope the fast pace in supplying heat and managing the heating season to remain”

On June 4, speaking at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers on results of work of fuel-energy and housing-utilities sectors in heating period of 2014/2015 and tasks on efficient preparation for heating period 2015/2016 Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov said that one criterion for the heating supply work in Tatarstan is the decreased number of complaints from consumers.

“The decrease in complaints is accounted for by higher stability of performance and quicker response to complaints,” the official claimed.
Making a keynote report at the meeting, First Deputy Construction, Architecture and Housing Minister of the republic Alexei Frolov said that the heating season begun on September 16, 2014 and continued until May 12. 2015. The heating system of the housing stock was 95 per cent prepared for the heating period, while that of public institutions was prepared 100 per cent.

In general, the municipalities provided the launch of heating in due time, prioritising the social facilities. However, I would like to point up delays in the launch of heating in five municipalities: Kazan, Yelabuga region, Verkhny Uslon, Buinsk region and Naberezhnye Chelny. 

Besides, temporary heating outages, caused by small accidents. Their duration was from 4 to 12 hours. The main causes were broken water pipes and worm holes in indoor heating systems.”
As of May, the housing and utilities entities’ debt for power consumption is 21.9 million roubles.

Summing up the meeting, Ildar Khalikov noted preparation for the heating season is the most important.

“I expect the fast pace we have seen in the last two years in supplying heat and managing the heating period will remain throughout the next year,” he concluded.