Providing Minsk with the cleanest water is the greatest feat of the present generation, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said at a ceremony to launch the Shchomyslitsa water pumping station on 10 January, BelTA has learned.

Today there is a lot of talk about space, launching satellites and construction of nuclear power plants, the head of state said. The president believes that the switching of cities to water supply from artesian sources is comparable to these large-scale projects.

“They say we have no minerals. The biggest mineral we have is clean water. To provide a big city of almost two million residents with artesian water is the greatest feat of our generation,” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.