Two-month sanitary and ecological campaign starts in Tatarstan
31 March 2015, Tuesday
On March 31, speaking at a briefing at Tatarstan Government House, Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources - Chief Inspector of nature protection of the republic Ramil Nizamov said that the two-month sanitary and ecological campaign will start in Tatarstan on April 1.
According to him, such campaigns have been held in Tatarstan for several years. In 2014 1,217 unauthorized waste disposal sites with a total area of over 556,000 square meters were revealed.
He pointed out that within the framework of the sanitary and environmental campaign unauthorized dumps detected by supervisory authorities will added to a geographic information system "Environmental Map of the Republic of Tatarstan» (karta.tatar.ru). Further, all municipalities will be able to daily monitor the current situation. All appeals received from residents will be processed and added to the ecological map as well.
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.