The village of Bashova became the thirteenth settlement in the Rozhyshche district to be gasified during the years of Ukraine's independence. Natural gas reached 58 houses. By 2005, they plan to gasify three more villages here.
The initiator of the good cause was the village committee, headed by a young energetic woman, village council deputy Valentyna Kvasova. Among the tasks she set before its members were: opening a shop, installing telephones, and gasifying the village. The first two were accomplished quickly, but gasification was more difficult. Everything came down to money, of which the villagers have little. Not everyone was able to allocate 1,400 hryvnias from the family budget. More than one hundred thousand hryvnias were needed to produce the project documentation and build the gas pipeline. The villagers raised eighty-two thousand, and the regional council allocated forty thousand for laying the gas pipe; the district authorities also helped with funds. Thanks to their support, four kilometers of gas pipeline were laid in less than a year.
The small enterprise "Industriya" and the limited liability company "Alternatyva" helped the villagers bring the joyful event of completing gasification closer. The villagers did not stand aside either — to bring gas to the houses, they helped dig trenches for laying the pipes.
Almost all the residents of the village gathered for the celebration of lighting the torch. Greeting them, regional council deputy and head of the district state administration Volodymyr Voitovych expressed hope that the residents of Trostianka, which does not yet have gas, would also organize themselves and, following the example of their neighbors, gasify their homes. District council head Dmytro Sendetskyi, Kopachivka village head Oleksandr Korol, director of the local experimental farm Adam Pavliuk, and the heads of the small enterprise "Industriya" and LLC "Alternatyva," Volodymyr Vashchuk and Oleh Krat, congratulated those present on the completion of gasification. So that God would bless them in good deeds, the clergyman of the Holy Ascension Church, Father Mykhailo, wished those present well and, as is proper, consecrated the gas distribution station.
The gasification of the village once again demonstrated that the village committee, if it acts informally, can do much to improve the lives of villagers.
Yevheniia SOMOVA