Rustam Minnikhanov: "The industrial safety is ensured at a high level in Tatarstan "
3 February 2015, Tuesday
On February 3, speaking at an extended meeting of Volga Department of Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service in Tatarstan, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that the Department performs considerable work to ensure the industrial safety in Tatarstan.
Making a report at the meeting, Head of the Volga Department in Tatarstan Boris Petrov said that about 60,000 organizations controlled by the Department are located in Tatarstan, Chuvashia and Mari El republics.
Petrov dwelled on the tasks and challenges in the field of industrial safety. According to him, first and foremost task is industrial safety training, since the human factor is the main cause of accidents.
He also touched on the issue of equipment wear. According to him, measures to encourage owners to upgrade their outdated equipment are required.
Speaking at the meeting, Rustam Minnikhanov reminded that the regional economy is the fifth largest in Russia and continues to develop.
"The industrial safety is ensured at a high level in Tatarstan. The Federal Environmental, Industrial and Nuclear Supervision Service works hard to prevent emergencies," Minnikhanov summed up and handed in a number of awards to the employees of the Volga Department in Tatarstan.
On 11 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that as of 11 May the housing construction plan has been fulfilled by 60 per cent in the republic with 1m 888thousand square meters of housing already commissioned.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin accompanied by the Head of his Office Shamil Gafarov paid homage to Soviet soldiers buried at the Arsk cemetery in Kazan and together with war veterans and other participants of the ceremony laid flowers and wreaths to the monument of the Soldier-the Last Man Standing.
On 7 May an official delegation from Tatarstan headed by the regional Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov came to the UAE to take part in an annual Investments Forum AIM Congress 2024 held in Abu-Dhabi.
The forum brought together leaders and experts of the branch from all over the world and is dedicated to transformational changes happening on the global investments landscape.
On May 6, speaking at a briefing held in the Government House of Tatarstan and dedicated to the issues of holding the sowing campaign in the republic, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic-Tatarstan Minister of Industry and Trade Marat Zyabbarov said that in the current year the sowing area will be 2.7 million hectares, which is at the level of last year, including 1.8 million hectares allocated for spring sowing.