10 762 violations in the sphere of waste treatment revealed in Tatarstan on April 15-June 15
18 June 2013, Tuesday
On June 18 at a briefing concerning results of two-month ecological campaign Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Artem Sidorov told that 1595 unauthorized landfills had been found in Tatarstan on April 15-June 15. 1419 of them have been removed.
By and large, 10 762 violations in the sphere of industrial and household waste treatment have been revealed.
Consequently, 179 enterprises and 1034 officials have been brought to book. Fine sanctions for the sum of 18,5 mln rubles have been imposed. 61 cases have been sent to Prosecutor’s office for consideration.
The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources organized claims activities in terms of compensation of harm made to environment as a result of unauthorized industrial and household waste treatment.
Deputy Minister of Forestry Kharis Musin, Deputy Head of the Department of Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Natural Resource Use Liliya Gainutdinova took part in the briefing.
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.