Tatarstan Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources reports on sanitary and ecological two-month campaign
3 May 2014, Saturday
On May 3, at a meeting at Tatarstan Government House held by Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Artem Sidorov reported on sanitary and ecological two-month campaign organized in Tatarstan regions and towns.
The regional Saturday clean-up event with participation of 480, 000 people, and regional campaign “Forest planting day” were held in Tatarstan on April 26. Much attention was paid to cleaning territories near railways. Many violations were revealed at garden societies and garden cooperatives.
Liquidation of unauthorized landfills was realized during the two-month campaign. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources also made two overflights to find out violations. However, some regions have not corrected violations yet.
Artem Sidorov addressed heads of regions with requirement to deal with the problem and liquidate unauthorized landfills around cemeteries.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
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.
On 27 March, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to celebrations of the Day of Russian National Guard held at the Kazan City Hall with participation of the Chief of the Office of the Staff of the Rais of the republic Asgat Safarov, heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and veterans and employees of the territorial Directorate of the National Guard, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian National Guard Directorate for the republic Republic of Tatarstan is traditionally acknowledged as one of the best in the country.