Yakutia Completes 2026 Social Gasification Plan Ahead of Schedule

Yakutia has completed its 2026 social gasification plan ahead of schedule, Head of the Republic Aisen Nikolaev said in his channel on the MAX messenger. Since January, Sakhatransneftegaz has connected 1,500 homes to gas networks, meeting the target approved in December 2025.

The 1,500th home belongs to Zoya Gerasimova in Maya village, Megino-Kangalassky ulus. Since the programme began in 2021, 12,348 families in the republic have been connected to gas networks. Nikolaev said social gasification is one of the key areas of the United Russia People's Programme and thanked Gazprom, Sakhatransneftegaz and the specialists involved.

The programme is carried out on the instruction of Russian President Vladimir Putin, with gas networks laid free of charge up to residents' plot boundaries. Together with Gazprom, a large-scale project to convert coal and oil boilers in southern Yakutia to gas has started, with 67 boilers planned to switch to gas by 2030.