Participants of the forum “Safety and communication” discuss road safety
27 February 2014, Thursday
On February 27 participants of III International research conference "Modern problems of life safety: present and future" discussed road safety within the framework of the forum “Safety and communication” in Kazan (February 27-March 1).
More than 250 people, employees of Tatarstan and Russian ministries and agencies, foreign and Russian scientists took part in the conference.
Ildar Khalikov noted that road accidents cause life-threatening situations for participants of road traffic, in spite of development of road networks, technological progress, improvement of legislation. It is a very urgent problem, and not all solutions are efficient, he added.
Experts of University of Michigan found out that 18 people for 100 thousand of population die every year because of road accidents. Death rates differ and depend on economic development of countries. Most people die in Namibia, Thailand and Iran.
Tatarstan faces serious problems in this term. 700 people die because of road accidents in the region. For the last 10 years the number of vehicles increased from 700 thousand to 1.5 mln. The number of violations increased from 1 to 5 mln.
Head of State Road Safety Inspectorate Rifkat Minnikhanov made report on use of control and supervision facilities and study of road safety issues in Tatarstan, key projects under implementation and adaptive traffic control technology.
Specialists from Norway, Finland and other countries delivered speeches at the conference.
On 20 December, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the First Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and House Utilities Sector of the republic Damir Shaydullin informed that huge work in capital overhaul of 713 social and cultural facilities have been completed in the republic with the total cost of work of 15bn rubles.
On 20 December, in his address on the occasion of the Russian Security Bodies Officers Day, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated employees and old stagers of the service with their professional holiday and wrote: “
Throughout the history of our state, security agencies have stood guard over national interests of Russia and protected the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country. Your high professionalism, courage and dedication to duty are a reliable shield against external and internal threats.
On 15 December, speaking at a meeting of the competition committee of the regional public competition “The Manager of the Year” about its results in 2025, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the list of 155 participants (nominees), who are heads of enterprises and organizations from various industries and sectors of the economy, for the competition was formed based on recommendations from regional ministries and departments, city and district municipalities, employers' associations and the Federation of Trade Unions of the republic.
On 6 December speaking at a regional meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Marat Ayzatullin reported about progress in implementation of the of multi-apartment houses capital overhaul programme.