Natia Turnava: Gasification works in Dzveli Khibula will be launched this summer
14-05-2019

Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Natia Turnava arrived in Dzveli Khibula village of Khobi Municipality, met with local residents and discussed the issues related to the village gasification.

According to the gasification project, there are 290 customers in Dzveli Khibula, relevant construction works will be launched in July and will be completed this autumn.

According to Natia Turnava, in 2019-2021, construction and design works will be carried out in 226 settlements and 210 million GEL will be spent. Third of the settlements is located in Samegrelo region. The gasification plan, initiated by the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development, was reviewed and approved by the Government of Georgia. It covers populated areas where natural gas has never been available before. Dzveli Khibula was included in the gasification plan from the very beginning.

The Minister noted that as soon as gasification works are launched, representatives of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development will visit Dzveli Khibula on a regular basis to be in full coordination with the Kartu Foundation to smoothly carry out large-scale works in the village. “Kartu is implementing numerous projects here and since we are introducing gasification, we want it all to be maintained in complex,” – Natia Turnava said. She also noted that in few months, when the population will need the heating the most, natural gas will be already available for the families.

“While working on a three-year plan of gasification last year, we promised the society that gasification would be implemented in all the populated areas where it is technically possible. We are fulfilling this promise and by the year of 2021, over 1,3 million subscribers will be supplied with natural gas, which is 85% of the total population of the subscribers. This indicator makes Georgia a leader in Europe,” – the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Natia Turnava noted.

The Minister also introduced to the Dzveli Khibula population the Micro and Small Business financing projects of the Enterprise Georgia Agency of the Minister since each citizen can benefit from this project.




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