The heating
season in Kazan, which started on September 24, ran fail safe due to quality
preparatory work. In residential buildings, heating will be turned off
depending on weather conditions, Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin said today at a
meeting of the heating command center, which was held at the Executive
Committee of the city.
“There were no
complaints from Kazan citizens during the heating season”
Today, the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin headed the
command center at the Executive Committee of the city for preparation to the
next heating season.
In total, 5770 apartment buildings and 805 municipal facilities
will be prepared, Iskander Giniyatullin, deputy head of the Executive Committee,
reported. The works will cover 1900 km of heating networks, 3 district boiler stations,
135 boiler stations of JSC Kazenergo and 50 departmental boiler stations.
According to the capital repairs program and
modernization of equipment, this year it is planned to replace and reconstruct
more than 45 km of heating and hot water networks. In addition, according to I.Giniyatullin,
3 boiler stations of JSC Kazenergo will be renovated.
This year, it is also planned to repair heating
systems in 91 houses, hot water networks in 28 apartment buildings, and install
52 weather control units, repair and insulate the fronts of 91 houses, repair
entrances and stairwells in 49 houses.
Speaking about the end of the heating season, I.Giniyatullin
noted that it was fail safe and stable. “The fact that the heating season ran
fail safe and without any accidents indicates a quality work that was carried
out during the preparation period. There were no serious complaints from Kazan citizens
– this means a lot for us. This means that a lot of preparatory work has been
done. We managed to solve all the issues in advance. It is necessary to carry
out the upcoming work at least at the same level”, - I.Metshin said.
“The heating
system cannot be turned off overnight, the switching to the new mode will be
gradual”
Previously, it was decided to end the heating season
from April 27. However, due to adverse weather conditions and appeals from
citizens, it was revised, I.Metshin noted.
The end of the heating season in a large housing stock
takes time, the head of the city emphasized. Today, heating is being turned off
at social facilities that are empty due to self – isolation regime – such as schools
and kindergartens. “We have 5700 apartment buildings, it is obvious that the
heating system cannot be switched off overnight – it is not a button or a
switch, - said I.Metshin. – We will carry out this work gradually in a dialogue
with citizens, guided by their appeals”.
The pressuring should
be postponed until the completion of the self-isolation regime”
Due to the imposed self-isolation regime, it is
necessary to review the schedules of preparatory work, which were approved at
the beginning of the year, the Mayor noted.
“Preparation for the heating season begins with
pressure testing and entails the hot water outage. We understand that the
utility enterprises are short of time, and we are used to carrying out this
work since the end of April, - he said – But I urge all services to postpone
the outage. Hot water supply should not be turned off anywhere until all
restrictions are lifted”.