Tatarstan President opens bridge across Vyatka River
5 September 2013, Thursday
On September 5 Head of Federal Road Agency Roman Starovoit, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Minister of Transport and Roads Lenar Safin took part in a solemn opening of the bridge across Vyatka River.
Speaking at the event, Rustam Minnikhanov said that the bridge will connect two industrial centres of the republic. He thanked everyone who helped to design and build the bridge, and especially Head of Federal Road Agency.
Presentation of awards was held after official speeches. Roman Starovoit was awarded with a medal “For valorous labour”.
The bridge across Vyatka River is a section of federal highway M7. It was opened in 1976. In 2005 the Federal Road Agency decided to reconstruct the bridge.
The first part of the bridge was opened in September 2011. Reconstruction of the second part was carried out under the federal programme and cost 2.5 mln rubles.
The federal highway M7 is the busiest road in the republic, with daily traffic of 12 thousand cars.
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.