Minenergo on the lighting situation: Everything will be regulated depending on the locality
Street lighting schedules will be revised: the Ministry of Energy has received many appeals from Belarusians who did not appreciate the experiment, writes Tochka.by.
"This is not exactly an experiment. Yesterday we held a meeting precisely to resolve these issues, and not to immediately cut off the lighting. A misunderstanding occurred. Everything will be regulated depending on the locality: you never know - somewhere milkmaids go to work in the morning," they answered.
The department noted that Minenergo works in conjunction with local authorities - everything will be worked out taking into account local circumstances and natural phenomena (sunrise and sunset).
The press service promised to provide a detailed official comment, in which they will talk about the new street light switching schedules.
The Minsk City Executive Committee called the situation with street lighting in the capital being switched on an hour later a one-time experiment.
"This was a management decision. It won't be like that today; it was a one-time action. Today, the lighting will be switched on at six o'clock. As usual, as it was switched on before," assured the secretary of the reception.
On Monday, Lukashenka was indignant that the lighting was switched on too early.
At a meeting on the development of the Vitebsk region, he stated that currently in the morning it is switched off too late, and switched on too early, when it is already quite bright outside.
"I'll drive through Ostroshitsky Gorodok, for example, and other villages. Yesterday at six in the evening, the entire Minsk region was lit up. Lights were burning. And this is typical for everyone. Blame yourselves. You will pay at least from your own pocket. All streetlights are on, everything is shining. The Minsk region and further - everything is burning. At six in the evening. Why? Already at half past seven in the morning, you can turn off the street lights, especially now when there's a lot of light. No - all the lights are on," he said.
Lukashenka said that he instructed to deal with this issue. As he was reported, allegedly, the photocells are not working correctly. "Complete nonsense. Adjust these photocells so that electricity automatically, with your artificial intelligence, turns off at 7 AM. And the light should come on not at six in the evening, but at eight. Count - the whole country is lit up for 4-5 [extra] hours. How much money we are spending! These are your approaches," he was indignant.
"Are you insane? You literally want to lead the country to war. Well then, keep in mind that we will have to go forward. You will have to be in assault detachments," thundered Alexander Lukashenka on Monday.