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 May 26, speaking at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic held in a videoconference mode with participation of all municipal regions of Tatarstan and focused on events scheduled for June 1, International Children’s Day, as well as the implementation of the “Summer in Tatarstan” programme, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva appealed that parents should closely supervise their children during recreational activities near water in order to prevent accidents.
On 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.