RT President inspects course of construction of the Kazanka embankment
9 May 2012, Wednesday
Prospects of development of the Kazanka embankment have been discussed at a visiting meeting held by the Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov.
Head of republic accompanied by Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin and Minister of construction, architecture and housing Irek Faizullin visited the construction site on the left bank of the Kazanka river near Kremlin, Universiade media center and Palace of water sports under construction.
The development concept of the Kazanka left bank which implies construction of a variety of objects was presented to President of republic. Rustam Minnikhanov noted that development of the embankment by Universiade 2013 is a priority task.
Universiade Media center will be located on the Kazanka right bank near the publishing house. Rustam Minnikhanov acquainted with course of works and gave a few assignments on speeding up construction.
Development of the embankment is also included in the project of the Palace of water sports and football stadium for 45000 seats.
On 1 April Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Russian Minister of Healthcare Mikhail Murashko introduced Ayrat Farrakhov, who was appointed the Acting Rector of Kazan State Medical University (KSMU) to its staff.
In his speech Mikhail Murashko emphasized that today KSMU is rightfully considered one of the most respected in the country and said:”Ayrat (Zakievich) has been officially appointed the Acting Rector and I am sure that under his leadership the University will maintain the positions it has achieved and, of course, will continue its development.”
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.