President of Belarus sets task to eliminate consequences of storm by tomorrow night

At today’s intercom sitting on liquidation of destructions caused by the storm president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has set a task to eliminate the damages by tomorrow night.

‘Aftermaths of the storm in towns and villages should be eliminated by the end of Thursday, August 11,’ the head of state said. At the same time he emphasized that ‘no one should be left unattended. We should first of all take care of people’.

According to Alexander Lukashenko, ‘the storm did not cause serious damages’. Only 50 houses suffered destructions. ‘By the end of tomorrow they have to be restored,’ the president emphasized.

He commissioned governmental officials to make sure that the people affected by the storm were provided assistance.

Parks and public gardens should be cleaned and restored by tomorrow

The fallen trees in forests should be cleared during August. According to the president, the damage to forest plantations was not that big as compared to the previous years.

The head of state instructed to involve, if necessary, military men and ordinary people in the work on eliminating the consequences of the hurricane. “Not a single person can refuse today to do this or that job”, Alexander Lukashenko believes.

He stressed that the decisions taken by the regional authorities and the staff which will be shortly set up in the government must not be discussed but executed immediately. “Only in this case the actions of the authorities on eliminating the hurricane consequences can be commended by the population, the president says. There is a need to involve the government bodies and the society in the work of the emergencies units and militia on eliminating the destructions”.