Heat supply to buildings has begun in Moscow

The municipal services complex has begun supplying heat to Moscow buildings. RIA Novosti reports this with reference to the deputy mayor of the capital for housing and communal services and landscaping, Pyotr Biryukov.

According to him, the process is taking place in stages and will take several days. Biryukov recalled that first of all, heating will be turned on in social institutions, including schools, kindergartens and clinics. In parallel with this, heat will begin to be supplied to residential buildings and offices, and then to enterprises.

Biryukov noted that in total more than 74 thousand objects in Moscow were prepared for the cold, including more than 34 thousand residential apartment buildings. “All work was completed according to schedule - by September 1,” he added.