The Mayor of Kazan instructed to postpone the hot water outage until the end of the self-isolation regime

The heating season will be extended at the request of citizens at houses where the heating has not yet been turned off.

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”.