MINSK, 25 APR – RIA Novosti. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko during the Republican subbotnik to plant trees in the district affected by the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, said on Saturday the press service of the President.
“the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on 25 April takes part in the subbotnik, working on planting trees in the agro-town of Lyaskovichi of the Petrikov district (Gomel oblast – ed.)”, – stated in the message of press-service.
According to her, on the twentieth of April, Lukashenko traditionally visited areas affected by the Chernobyl accident. The report notes that the revival of these lands, special attention is always given and given that this time the President’s trip coincided with the conduct of the country’s national work day, Lukashenko decided to take part in work on the territory of national Park “Pripyatsky”.
One of the four national parks of Belarus – “Pripyat” is located between the rivers Pripyat, Stviga and Ubort. Here under special protection is about 190 thousand hectares and more than a third is an absolute wildlife refuge.
the Chernobyl Disaster occurred on 26 April 1986, when exploded nuclear reactor of the fourth unit of the station. The total area of radioactive contamination in Belarus amounted to about 46.5 thousand square kilometers. The Ukraine was contaminated with 50 thousand square kilometers in 12 areas. In addition, from radioactive contamination suffered 19 Russian regions with the territory of almost 60 thousand square kilometers and a population of 2.6 million people.
